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POLICE on Tuesday arrested two men and seized over P1.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes at a checkpoint in Bgy. Carmen, Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a report to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, the Nueva Ecija police identified the arrested as truck driver Alibert Jordan, 40; and helper Ramon Hablado Jr.; both residents of Cabas-an San Andres, San Rafael, Iloilo.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Investigation showed that the 2nd Maneuver Platoon 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office was informed that a truck carrying illegal cigarettes would be passing through Zaragoza town.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A coordination was made with the Zaragoza police and a joint checkpoint operation was conducted by the authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n At a checkpoint on Sta. Rosa-Zaragoza Road in Bgy. Carmen, Zaragoza, a truck with plate number NHA 5179 was flagged down for a routine check-up.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Upon inspection, the driver opened the back door, revealing in plain view 147 boxes of assorted Chinese cigarettes valued at P1,764,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The suspects failed to present proper documentation for the cigarettes, prompting the confiscation of the items and the arrest of the two suspects.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cases for violation of Republic Act 9211 or the Anti-Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 were filed against the arrested truck driver and his helper.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Tuesday arrested two men and seized over P1.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes at a checkpoint in Bgy. Carmen, Zaragoza,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10646,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10642\/revisions\/10646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/u44kjp6n-854x1024.png\")
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