P1.2M smuggled cigarettes confiscated in quake-hit town in Sarangani

OVER P1.2 million worth of imported smuggled cigarettes were confiscated by police in Glan town, Sarangani province on Tuesday evening.
“The cigarettes were abandoned near the coastline of Barangay Glan Padidu in Glan town at past 9 p.m.,” Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, police director for the Soccsksargen region, said in a report Wednesday.

Macaraeg said the smugglers, led by Renante Galos and two unidentified cohorts, fled on a motorboat upon sensing the approaching police officers.

The contraband, covered in tarpaulin, is believed to be from Indonesia and reportedly intended for Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.

The 28 boxes of cigarette contraband are now in the custody of the Glan municipal police office.