Published July 30, 2021, 1:58 PM
Operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Marine Battalion Landing Team-4 and the Naval Forces West (Navforwest) have swooped down on a coastal town in Palawan and raided several retail establishments for selling illicit cigarettes.
The retail outlets, mostly sari-sari stores, were located in Barangay Rio Tuba in Bataraza, a southern most town in Palawan.
The raiding team led by NBI head agent Norman Decampong said about 30 master cases of assorted cigarette brands were seized from the retail stores, which were allegedly smuggled from Malaysia through the Balabac backdoor, another town in the southernmost tip of Palawan.