{"id":19545,"date":"2026-04-11T23:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19545"},"modified":"2026-04-11T23:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:26:42","slug":"oplan-sita-results-in-confiscation-of-p915-k-smuggled-cigarettes-in-bulacan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/oplan-sita-results-in-confiscation-of-p915-k-smuggled-cigarettes-in-bulacan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018OPLAN SITA\u2019 RESULTS IN CONFISCATION OF P915-K SMUGGLED CIGARETTES IN BULACAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv4493320788ydp4959f76msonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1d1d1d;\">BY KEVIN GALANG<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4493320788ydp4959f76msonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1d1d1d;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4493320788ydp4959f76msonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1d1d1d;\">SAN RAFAEL, Bulacan \u2013 Operatives\u2019 \u201cOplan Sita\u201d drive on Wednesday arrested a 48-year-old man and confiscated P915,000 worth of alleged smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes in Bgy. Pinac-pinacan, this municipality.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4493320788ydp4959f76msonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1d1d1d;\">A report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez by San Rafael police chief Lt. Col. Protom E. Guevarra identified the suspect as alias \u201cDangan,\u201d a resident of Valenzuela City.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4493320788ydp4959f76msonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1d1d1d;\">Officers flagged down a white Toyota Hi Ace van for routine verification and during inspection, they observed several boxes of cigarettes inside the vehicle after the driver voluntarily opened its door.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4493320788ydp4959f76msonormal\" style=\"background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1d1d1d;\">Further verification revealed that the items were allegedly counterfeit or smuggled and lacked the necessary permits and documentation, prompting the immediate arrest of the suspect.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4493320788ydp4959f76msonormal\" style=\"background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1d1d1d;\">Seized were 61 boxes of assorted cigarettes valued at P915,000, along with the vehicle bearing plate number NDV 3958.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4493320788ydp4959f76msonormal\" style=\"background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1d1d1d;\">Cases for violations of Section 1401 of Republic Act 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act; Republic Act 10643 also known as the Graphic Health Warnings Law; Republic Act 7394 or the Consumer Act of the Philippines; and provisions under the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 were filed against the arrested suspect.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; SAN RAFAEL, Bulacan &ndash; Operatives&rsquo; &ldquo;Oplan Sita&rdquo; drive on Wednesday arrested a 48-year-old man and confiscated P915,000 worth of alleged smuggled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19546,"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\/19545"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19547,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19545\/revisions\/19547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}