P600,000 ‘smuggled’ cigarettes recovered in Maguindanao del Norte

COTABATO CITY – The police on Monday reported the recovery of an estimated P600,000 worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes abandoned beside the national highway in Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao del Norte. Brig. Gen. Christopher Abecia, Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) regional director, said elements of Police Regional Mobile Force Battalion 14-A discovered the contraband at