By: Alex (Staff Writer)
AUTHORITIES have arrested a businessman and seized P576,460 worth of cigarettes for violation of the Graphic Health Warnings on the cigarette packaging in Lanao del Sur, the police said Friday, October 4, 2024.
Police Brigadier General Prexy Tanggawohn, Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) director, identified the arrested businessman as alias Ian.
Tanggawohn said Ian was arrested in a law enforcement operation on Thursday, October 3, in Disaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur.
Tanggawohn said the operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, policemen of Disaan-Ramain, and personnel of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion launched the law enforcement operation following a report from a concerned citizen that Ian was selling cigarettes without printed Graphic Health Warnings.
He said the law enforcement operation resulted to the arrest of Ian and the confiscation of assorted brand of cigarettes worth P576,460.
