SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. A police dog sniffs boxes of cigarettes seized by joint police and Bureau of Customs operatives in Zamboanga City on Friday afternoon (Oct. 8, 2021). The 137 master cases of the smuggled items worth PHP4.7 million and the eight crewmen of two motorboats reportedly bound for Cotabato City are under Customs custody. (Photo courtesy of the ZCPO-PIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Policemen and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives here seized some PHP4.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested eight suspects, a top police official announced Saturday. Col. Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), said the 2nd City Mobile Force Company and BOC operatives were on seaborne patrol when they intercepted two motorboats around 1 p.m. Friday near Manalipa Island, east of this city. Reyes said the motorboats, locally known as jungkong, were found to be loaded with 137 master cases of assorted smuggled cigarettes worth PHP4,795,000. "The two motorboats came from Jolo, Su