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[Title] => P113.6 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Sulu, Basilan
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[Title] => P47.44 million smuggled food products seized in Subic
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[Title] => Navy seizes P55.7 million smuggled cigarettes
[Summary] => The Philippine Navy apprehended three vessels and confiscated smuggled cigarettes worth P55.7 million in separate operations here and in Sulu.
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[Title] => Smuggled cigarettes seized in Mandaue
[Summary] => More than P5.2 million worth of smuggled cigarettes was seized from an illegal trader, who was also arrested, during a joint entrapment operation in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City, on Friday afternoon, January 23.
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[Title] => HPG intercepts P143 million smuggled cigarettes
[Summary] => Over 2,000 boxes of smuggled cigarettes valued at P143 million were seized by the Highway Patrol Group in Quezon City on Wednesday, the Department of the Interior and Local Government announced yesterday.
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[Title] => Smuggled cigarettes seized in Cotabato
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[Title] => P4.7 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Negros Occidental
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[Title] => P47.44 million smuggled food products seized in Subic
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[Title] => Navy seizes P55.7 million smuggled cigarettes
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