P447,600 worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes seized in N. Mindanao

Inquirer.net - Oct 19, 2026

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Northern Mindanao police seized nearly half a million pesos’ worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes during operations in Iligan City and Misamis Occidental on Sunday night, Oct. 18. The Police Regional Office-10 (PRO-10) reported confiscating a total of 597 reams of illicit cigarettes valued at P477,600. In Iligan City, authorities flagged

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