MANILA, Philippines — Acting Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the agency is investigating whether a single group was allegedly responsible for smuggling the P2.6-billion worth of cigarettes recovered in Malabon City and Batangas City. The Highway Patrol Group (HPG) found the allegedly smuggled cigarettes in separate operations—on New Year’s Eve at an unattended lot in Batangas City, and on New Year’s Day at a container yard in Malabon City. “We are now looking into the possible link between the undocumented tobacco products we seized in Batangas and those in Malabon,” Nartatez said in […]... Keep on reading: PNP probes link between P2.6-B smuggled cigarettes in Malabon, Batangas