ICA finds 6,750 cartons of contraband cigarettes, third such seizure since Fri
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) seized 6,750 cartons of contraband cigarettes at the Tuas checkpoint on Wednesday morning (3 February).
The cartons were found in a 40-foot container of a truck driven by a 44-year-old male Malaysian, the ICA said in a statement. They were found hidden among items such as foodstuff and plasticware.
The man, contraband cigarettes and truck were handed over to Singapore Customs for investigations.
The potential duty and Goods and Services Tax evaded were about $523,800 and $49,990, respectively.
It was the third such seizure in less than a week.
On Friday (29 January) and Saturday (30 January), the ICA foiled two attempts to smuggle contraband cigarettes into Singapore through the Woodlands Checkpoint. More than 3,650 cartons of such cigarettes were found on a Singapore-registered bus and a Malaysia-registered lorry.
A 50-year-old male Singaporean and a 24-year-old male Malaysian are being investigated for their separate involvement in the cigarette-smuggling attempts last week.
