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By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published April 16, 2021 11:34am Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Port of Zamboanga have seized millions of pesos worth of smuggled cigarettes. In a statement on Friday, the BOC said it intercepted 300 cases of smuggled cigarettes worth P10.6 million aboard MB Princess Amina, off the waters of Barangay Sinunuc, Zamboanga City. The interception was done by the BOC-Port of Zamboanga, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services (CIIS), and Enforcement and Security Service-Customs Police Division (ESS-CPD), in coordination with Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) on April 15. The BOC noted that a tip from an informant prompted the bureau to conduct an operation on the MB Princess Amina, which was departing from Jolo, Sulu, en route to Zamboanga City and was allegedly carrying more than 300 cases of smuggled cigarettes.