Manila, Nov. 7 -- The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) has seized PHP27.6 million worth of illicit cigarettes and arrested two persons, including a Chinese national, in separate law enforcement operations in Bulacan and Bataan.

In a statement, CIDG Director Maj. Gen. Robert Morico II said the CIDG Regional Field Unit (RFU) 4A, CIDG Regional Field Unit 3 and CIDG Bataan Provincial Field Unit conducted two separate law enforcement operations in the provinces on Nov. 5.

The CIDG RFU 4A, together with CIDG RFU 3, representatives from Bureau of Internal Revenue and Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation (PMFTC) Inc., arrested alias Lin, a 39-year-old Chinese national, in a warehouse in Barangay Poblacion, Guiguinto, Bulac...