Navy nets P526-M smuggled cigarettes off Basilan waters

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — The Philippine Navy’s Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) intercepted two separate maritime smuggling attempts within 48 hours, confiscating contraband shipments of foreign-brand cigarettes worth a combined P526.3 million. Operating under the tactical control of Naval Task Force 61 (NTF61), naval units carried out back-to-back operations that led to the

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