Manila, Feb. 17 -- More than PHP70 million worth of smuggled tobacco products were seized during a police operation in a warehouse in San Simon, Pampanga, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday.

The warehouse in Barangay San Pablo Libutad was reported by a netizen a few hours after Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla, PNP chief Gen. Jose Melecencio Nartatez Jr., and officials of the Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and the Department of Agriculture presented to the public three warehouses and manufacturing sites in Pampanga on Monday.

In a news release on Tuesday, Nartatez said upon receiving the text message of the netizen, a team from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) immediately proceeded...