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𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: June 6, 2025

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐏𝐒 𝐍𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐀 8424 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐀 10643

𝙋𝙊𝙇𝘼, 𝙊𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙇 𝙈𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙊𝙍𝙊 – In a swift response to a citizen tip-off, the Pola Municipal Police Station apprehended a male suspect on June 6, 2025, at around 10:00 AM for 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗰𝘁 8424 (𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝘁) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗰𝘁 10643 (𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘄).

According to the report, the station received a phone call from a concerned motorcycle-for-hire (habal-habal) driver, who observed a suspicious individual carrying what appeared to be illegal tobacco items. Acting immediately on the information, Pola MPS personnel proceeded to the reported location and verified the presence of the suspect.

Upon inspection, the suspect was found in possession of assorted tobacco products that lacked proper tax stamps and required health warning labels. During the initial investigation, the 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 justifying the possession or sale of said products.

The suspect and the confiscated items are now in the custody of Pola MPS. Proper documentation is being finalized in preparation for the filing of formal charges under RA 8424 and RA 10643.

“𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙛𝙪𝙡. 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙭𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙,”,” said PMAJ FLORANTE M SUGIAN II, Chief of Police, Pola MPS.

Pola MPS encourages the public to remain proactive and report any suspicious activities as part of its ongoing campaign against all forms of illegal trade and smuggling in the municipality.