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SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. Policemen and Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel seize some PHP1.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes on Tuesday (Nov. 2) off Zamboanga City. Apart from the cigarettes, authorities, while on a separate seaborne patrol on the same day, seized illegally-cut lumber in Barangay Manalipa. (Photo courtesy of the 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Lawmen have arrested seven people off this city in two separate incidents over the alleged smuggling of almost PHP1.7 million worth of cigarettes and illegally cut lumber, police officials said Wednesday. Col. Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, said the contraband was seized around 1 p.m. Tuesday near Barangay Tumalutap, one of the island barangays east of the city. Reyes said the joint team of the 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company (2ZCMFC) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) was conducting a seaborne and border control operation when they intercepted a motorboat named "Sacrifi ....