Cop, businessman arrested over P1.8-M smuggled cigarettes in Zambo Norte

WIRE — PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Norte — Authorities arrested a policeman and a businessman after intercepting a van loaded with nearly P1.9 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a checkpoint operation in Barangay Gatas, Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte late Friday night, July 31. Lt. Col. Edwin Verzon, force commander of the Zamboanga del Norte 2nd Provincial

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