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Authorities have arrested four watchlisted and high-value individual (HVI) suspects and seized P27.5 million worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police said Thursday, January 11, 2024.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Four local police officers, one of them a lieutenant, who are believed to be involved in a daring robbery of a wealthy businessman, were captured separately here over the weekend.
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Policemen, acting on reliable information, have seized a shipment of some PHP1.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in this city. The shipment of smuggled cigarettes was seized around 3 p.m. Friday in Barangay San Roque here by a joint team of the Zamboanga City Police Office's (ZCPO) Criminal Investigation and Detection and Management Unit (CIDMU) and the ZCPO's Station 7. Maj. Elmer Solon, CIDMU chief, said Saturday they immediately established a checkpoint after receiving information from a confidential informant that a vehicle loaded with smuggled cigarettes will pass at Barangay San Roque, particularly near the elementary school. However, Solon said the driver of the van with registered plate number JCU-1743 suddenly disembarked and escaped upon seeing the checkpoint near the school. "Upon inspection, it was found out that the van matches the description given [to] them by the confidential informant," he told the Philippine News Agency. He said