The police confiscated P2 million in suspected smuggled cigarettes at Purok 3, Brgy. Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental, 3 a.m. Sunday, February 12.
The police also arrested three suspects identified as Dandy Carbon Calago, 28, of Brgy. Polangco, Dipolog City, and Rolando Sanchez Lanario, 27, and Joel Absin Carvana, 42 , both of Brgy. Tuguis, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental.
The Cauayan police station received a phone call from their intelligence personnel on the presence of the smuggled cigarettes in Purok 3.
The police immediately responded and confiscated about 100 boxes containing different brands of cigarettes estimated to cost P2 million.
The suspects failed to present necessary documents for the cigarettes, the police said.
They are now in the custody of the Cauayan police.*