By Authorities arrested a policeman and a businessman after intercepting a van loaded with nearly P1.9 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a checkpoint operation in Barangay Gatas, Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte late Friday night, July 31.
Lt. Col. Edwin Verzon, force commander of the Zamboanga del Norte 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company (ZNPMFC), said personnel from the 2nd Platoon, ZNPMFC, together with other law enforcement units, flagged down a white Nissan van at 10:05 p.m.
The suspects were identified as a 34-year-old policeman assigned at Police Station 10 under the Zamboanga City Police Office and a resident of Barangay Talon-Talon, Zamboanga City; and a 36-year-old businessman from Barangay Tumaga, Zamboanga City.
