PNP Seizes ₱4.7M Smuggled Cigarettes in Basay, Negros Oriental
Maritime police confiscated 83 boxes of contraband cigarettes worth ₱4.7M during pre-dawn raid in Basay, Negros Oriental on March 14.
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