NABBED. Nationwide Bureau of Investigation Director Jaime Santiago presents to media the 2 suspects within the alleged sale of unlawful vape merchandise throughout a press briefing on the NBI headquarters in Pasay Metropolis on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (PNA photograph by Yancy Lim)
MANILA – The Nationwide Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested two people and seized P3.9 million price of unlawful vape merchandise in an operation in Parañaque Metropolis.
In a press briefing, NBI Director Jaime Santiago recognized the suspects as Ace Garcia and Reginald Llanto, who have been arrested by operatives of the NBI’s Cavite North District Workplace (NBI-CAVIDO-North) on Wednesday.
In accordance with the NBI, the CAVIDO-North acquired info on the sale and distribution of unlawful vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine merchandise.
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After presenting a pattern, the NBI acquired a certification from the Division of Commerce and Trade – Workplace for the Particular Mandate on Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Merchandise (DTI-OSMV) that the vape merchandise submitted have been thought-about “unregulated and substandard.”
Operatives performed an entrapment in opposition to the 2 suspects, ensuing within the seizure of 49 grasp circumstances which include 8,200 items of vape pods and 1,600 items of vape units, amongst others, with an estimated worth of PHP3.92 million.
The suspects have been instantly offered for inquest earlier than the Parañaque Prosecutor’s Workplace for violations of Sections 4 (d), 12 (j) and 18 of Republic Act 11900 (Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Merchandise Regulation Act). (PNA)
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