Good job! Mayor lauds PNP, Customs

ZAMBOANGA CITY Mayor Beng Climaco lauded authorities following the confiscation of smuggled cigarettes worth over P4 million in separate operations off Tumalutab Island.

Police photos show some of the seized cigarettes.

“We commend our authorities, the brave men of the 2nd Mobile Force Company and the Bureau of Customs for this successful anti-smuggling campaign. Good job,” said Climaco.

 

The mayor also warned smugglers to stop their nefarious activities because local authorities will continue to run after them. “Let this be a warning, not here in Zamboanga because we will not stop until you are all put in jail,” she said.

 

Members of the 2nd Mobile Force Company and the Bureau of Customs’ Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) and the Enforcement and Security Service (ESS) intercepted a motorized boat loaded with 77 boxes of assorted cigarette brands worth some P2.7 million. 

The boat, manned by six crew members, was transporting the undocumented cigarettes to Olutanga town in Zamboanga Sibugay province when intercepted by authorities.

The same teams also seized 47 cases of assorted cigarette brands worth some P1.6 million being transported by another motorized boat near the island. The boat had three crew members.

 

Authorities did not say who the owners of the cigarettes or the names of the crewmen or where the contraband originated. (Zamboanga Post)