SAN SIMON, Pampanga – Joint operatives of Bureau of Customs-Intelligence and Investigation Service of Pampanga and Manila and the San Simon Municipal Police Station (MPS) and military on Wednesday busted an estimated P2 billion worth of suspected counterfeit cigarettes at five warehouses inside San Simon Industrial Park here yesterday.
According to BoC officer Capt. Jonel Pogoy the suspected counterfeit cigarettes are likely to be distributed in areas in North and Central Luzon such as Pangasinan and Pampanga to as far as Cebu City and Mindanao.
The BoC official said that government is losing almost P300-million for the two warehouses alone, where an estimated P1-billion worth of suspected fake cigarettes were found. (Franco G. Regala)