AUTHORITIES in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines have seized 75 tons of rice suspected to have been smuggled inside the country from the neighboring Malaysia.

Police said some 3,000 bags of 25-kilo rice were seized from two boats which arrived here from the southern province of Sulu. Smuggled rice cost about P600-P700 a bag compared to local rice which sells for up to P1,100 a bag of 25 kilos.

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