{
  "id": 17055212,
  "title": "Over 800 cartons of smuggled cigarettes found hidden in vegetable lorry entering Singapore",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/over-800-cartons-of-smuggled-cigarettes-found-hidden-in-vegetable",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T10:30:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/over-800-cartons-of-smuggled-cigarettes-found-hidden-in-vegetable-lorry-entering-singapore"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "SINGAPORE: The Immigration and Checkpoint Authority recently caught an attempt to smuggle duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore inside a Malaysian-registered lorry. This incident happened on Oct 8, when a 33-year-old Malaysian driver was arrested in connection with the crime. In a Facebook post, ICA shared that during their checks, there were more than 800 cartons of illegal cigarettes uncovered…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}