SunStar BIR still identifying fake stamps, cigarettes owner
BACOLOD. BIR-Region 12 Director Antonio Jonathan Jaminola holds some of the fake cigarettes seized during the raid at a storage facility in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City on Tuesday. (Photo by Erwin P. Nicavera)
+ May 05, 2021 THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)-Region 12 is still identifying the owner of over half a billion pesos worth of fake tax stamps and cigarettes seized in a facility in Barangay Tangub in Bacolod City on Tuesday afternoon, its top official said.
BIR-Region 12 Director Antonio Jonathan Jaminola said it will take time to determine the owner of the facility that was uncovered with raw and packaging materials for manufacturing of fake cigarettes.
SunStar Raid nets over P500M in fake tax stamps, cigarettes
BACOLOD. A team from the Bureau of Internal Revenue-Region 12 led by Director Antonio Jonathan Jaminola, along with personnel of the National Bureau of Investigation and Philippine Army, seize over half a billion worth of fake tax stamps and cigarettes in a raid at a storage facility in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (Erwin Nicavera)
BACOLOD. A team from the Bureau of Internal Revenue-Region 12 led by Director Antonio Jonathan Jaminola, along with personnel of the National Bureau of Investigation and Philippine Army, seize over half a billion worth of fake tax stamps and cigarettes in a raid at a storage facility in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (Erwin Nicavera)
WBGZ Radio 4/23/2021 |
By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio
Bethalto Police believe they have the suspect in a series of car wash thefts. Incidents in which coin op machines were broken into or attempted to be broken into dating back to an incident in February at the Baywash Car Wash are alleged to have been committed by 43-year-old Troy R. Webber – a homeless man from the St. Louis region.
Webber was stopped in Granite City on Wednesday driving a Budget Rental truck that had been reported stolen by the company. Inside, police allegedly found evidence linking him to a theft a couple of days earlier at the Bethalto Wash N Go, and a firearm with its serial number removed. Webber is charged with Theft Over $500.00, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, Possession of a Firearm with a Removed Serial Number, and Offenses Relating to Motor Vehicles. He is being held in the Madison County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond.
WBGZ Radio 2/5/2021 |
By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio
Investigators have charged 22-year-old Bryce V. Andrews with several counts of murder and other felonies in connection with the double homicide in Godfrey on Monday. Andrews was taken into custody this (Friday) morning at a hospital in the St. Louis area. He is currently awaiting extradition to Madison County.
On Monday morning, police responded to a fire at a home on Wedgewood Drive were 67-year-old Leonard “James” Ebrey and 59-year-old Robert Andrews, both residents of the home, were found deceased. Deputy Commander of the Major Case Squad Brian Koberna says Bryce Andrews was the adopted son of Robert Andrews.