A total of 400,000 pesos worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized on Sunday by Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) in its operation on Tubigan Island, Sulu.
The operation, conducted by BRP Laurence Narag (PG907) under Naval Task Force 61, located the vessel M/B SALWA-4, 17 kilometers from Tubigan Island, where it was found with 350 master cases of undocumented cigarettes.
During the operation, seven crew members from Basilan were detained.
