Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro – Two (2) individuals were arrested after allegedly possessing smuggled cigarettes during a law enforcement operation in Brooke’s Point, Palawan on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.

A police report revealed that personnel from Brooke’s Point Municipal Police Station apprehended alias “Michael”, 28, and alias “Reynaldo”, 74, after being caught in actual possession and control of undocumented cigarettes in Brgy. Mambalot, Brooke’s Point, Palawan.

The authorities confiscated PhP150,000.00 worth of smuggled Fort and Berlin cigarettes from the suspects’ possession.

The arrested suspects are currently in police custody pending the filing of charges for violating Republic Act 10643 otherwise known as the Graphic Health Warnings Law.