Samar authorities seize P3.25-M smuggled cigarettes, arrest 3

TACLOBAN CITY — Authorities seized alleged smuggled cigarettes worth P3.25 million and arrested three suspects during a joint entrapment operation in Basey, Samar, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, as part of an intensified campaign against the illicit tobacco trade. The operation took place in Barangay Amandayehan and was carried out by operatives of the Criminal Investigation