AN estimated P215,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes was confiscated by operatives of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) in an anti-smuggling operation in Misamis Oriental they launched in coordination with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and local police units PNP-CIDG Director Brigadier General Ronald O. Lee said on Wednesday.

The official said a 30-year-old suspect was arrested during the entrapment operation in Zone 7, Taporok, Malanang in Opol, Misamis Oriental, last Monday.

Lee said that recovered during the sting were 164 reams of smuggled Cannon, Nelson, King, and San Marino cigarettes and the buy-bust money topped by a marked bill.

The suspect is now facing charges of violating Republic Act (RA) 10643 and 8424 before a local prosecutor’s office, the PNP-CIDG director said.

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Alfred P. Dalizon