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[Title] => EDITORIAL - Tobacco cops?
[Summary] => Across the country, authorities have been intercepting large volumes of unregistered cigarettes, raising questions on who might be behind what must be lucrative operations, and why the brains can’t be caught.
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[Title] => DILG probes politician linked to smuggled cigarettes
[Summary] => The Department of the Interior and Local Government is looking into allegations that a politician from Luzon is connected with the smuggled cigarettes whose impending destruction reportedly triggered a confrontation between personnel of the police Highway Patrol Group and Bureau of Customs agents.
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[Title] => Seized illicit cigarettes destroyed by shredding
[Summary] => A locally manufactured batch of cigarettes seized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue from 2024 to 2026, with a tax liability of P240.64 million, was destroyed by shredding yesterday, August 13, 2026.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
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[Title] => P9.8 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Zamboanga
[Summary] => Illegal cigarettes with a combined value of P9.8 million were seized in separate anti-smuggling operations in this city on Thursday.
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[Title] => P430 million smuggled cigarettes destroyed in Bulacan
[Summary] => Smuggled cigarettes seized in separate police operations were destroyed yesterday in Santa Maria, Bulacan.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-29 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rudy Santos
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[Title] => PCG, PNP seize over P32.5 million smuggled cigarettes
[Summary] => The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday blocked an attempt to smuggle P7.38 million worth of cigarettes to Davao del Sur, as the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported the seizure of P14.08-million smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City and another P11.1 million worth in Palawan.
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[AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan
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[Title] => Smuggled cigarettes seized in Basilan
[Summary] => Illegal cigarettes valued at P300 million were seized in an anti-smuggling operation that also resulted in the arrest of four suspects in Basilan on Monday night.
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[Title] => P1.44 million illegal cigarettes seized in Bukidnon
[Summary] => Suspected illegal cigarettes valued at P1.44 million were seized in separate police operations in Kalilangan, Bukidnon on Monday.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-04 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Gerry Lee Gorit
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[Title] => Dul-an ?1B sigarilyo nasakmit
[Summary] => Nasakmit sa hiniusang operasyon sa mga law enforcement agencies ang 25 ka 20-foot shipping container vans nga adunay gibanabanang sulod nga dul-an sa P900 milyones nga balor nga ilegal nga sigarilyo diha sa sulod sa Gothong Wharf sa Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City.
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[AuthorName] => Romeo D. Marantal
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[Title] => NBI continues probe into P813 million smuggled cigarettes
[Summary] => Authorities have yet to identify the individuals behind the attempted smuggling of imported cigarettes worth an estimated P813 million seized in Cebu, as the investigation remains ongoing.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => DILG probes politician linked to smuggled cigarettes
[Summary] => The Department of the Interior and Local Government is looking into allegations that a politician from Luzon is connected with the smuggled cigarettes whose impending destruction reportedly triggered a confrontation between personnel of the police Highway Patrol Group and Bureau of Customs agents.
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[AuthorName] => Emmanuel Tupas
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[Title] => Seized illicit cigarettes destroyed by shredding
[Summary] => A locally manufactured batch of cigarettes seized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue from 2024 to 2026, with a tax liability of P240.64 million, was destroyed by shredding yesterday, August 13, 2026.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
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[Title] => P9.8 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Zamboanga
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[Title] => P430 million smuggled cigarettes destroyed in Bulacan
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[Title] => PCG, PNP seize over P32.5 million smuggled cigarettes
[Summary] => The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday blocked an attempt to smuggle P7.38 million worth of cigarettes to Davao del Sur, as the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported the seizure of P14.08-million smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City and another P11.1 million worth in Palawan.
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[Title] => Smuggled cigarettes seized in Basilan
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[Title] => P1.44 million illegal cigarettes seized in Bukidnon
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[Title] => Dul-an ?1B sigarilyo nasakmit
[Summary] => Nasakmit sa hiniusang operasyon sa mga law enforcement agencies ang 25 ka 20-foot shipping container vans nga adunay gibanabanang sulod nga dul-an sa P900 milyones nga balor nga ilegal nga sigarilyo diha sa sulod sa Gothong Wharf sa Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City.
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[Title] => NBI continues probe into P813 million smuggled cigarettes
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[DatePublished] => 2026-07-02 00:00:00
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