M’sian man, 26, caught with 138,000 sticks of duty-unpaid cigarettes at Woodlands Checkpoint
More than 600 cartons and over 900 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found concealed in the car.
A Malaysian man in his early twenties was apprehended at the Woodlands Checkpoint on August 4, 2021, for attempting to bring duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) released details about the incident on August 11, 2021. The suspect was driving a Malaysia-registered vehicle when ICA officers initiated additional inspections of the car.
The search revealed over 600 cartons and more than 900 packets of cigarettes that had not paid the necessary taxes, totaling approximately 138,000 individual cigarettes. The man was taken into custody and referred to Singapore Customs for continued investigation.
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