Philippines
Law enforcement agencies continued the crackdown on fake cigarettes as more traders of the contraband were arrested in separate operations in Quezon province and Zamboanga City.
National Bureau of Investigation agents recently arrested Zhiyi Yang, a Chinese national who was caught selling fake Mighty and Marvels brand cigarettes, in a buy-bust operation at Ipil Public Market in Barangay Ipil, Zamboanga City. In Quezon province, policemen from the PNP Pagbilao, Quezon station arrested three traders who were also found selling fake Mighty and Marvels cigarettes.
Representatives from Mighty Corp., manufacturer of Mighty and Marvels brands of cigarettes, confirmed that the suspects in Zamboanga City and Pagbilao, Quezon were selling fake products with a total of 160,000 sticks of Mighty and Marvels cigarettes.
Several persons were arrested in the past few months for selling fake Mighty and Marvels cigarettes including a certain Arnel Contado in Quezon, Isabela province, who was nabbed by barangay officials in a public market.