ANGELES CITY – Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. on April 8 issued a notice of closure to an illegally-operated tobacco facility in Barangay Margot.
This, after Barangay Margot chairman Dominador Lising Jr. reported the suspicious activity of the tobacco hub to Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel who promptly coordinated with the business permit and licensing division, headed by Enrico Romero, for proper investigation.
Upon checking, the BPLD verified that the tobacco hub was operating without a business permit.
Lazatin, together with chief adviser IC Calaguas, Manuel, members of the BPLD, Barangay Margot council, and Angeles City Police Office, led by Col. Joselito Villarosa, personally carried out the operation to cease the operation of the tobacco facility.
The ACPO is still undergoing its separate investigation on the said matter.
According to the reports, no finished products of cigarettes were found during the closure of the tobacco hub, raising some suspicions with its activities.
The operator of the tobacco hub said the facility was only used to dry tobacco before they transport it to their main manufacturing center, which identity has been withheld pending investigation. Angeles CIO
