Over 300 cartons and 1,500 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes found in Malaysian-registered car at Woodlands
SINGAPORE — The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority foiled an attempt to smuggle 314 cartons and 1,558 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes from Malaysia into Singapore last month.
On April 18, a Malaysia-registered car underwent enhanced checks at the Woodlands Checkpoint, according to the agency’s Facebook post on Tuesday. An accompanying video shows officers unearthing the cigarettes from various parts of a silver Honda, including its bonnet.In two incidents in January this year, ICA officersAlso, ICA foiledIn 2022, ICA detected 35,000 contraband cases, up from 27,000 in 2021.
The largest seizure of contraband in 2022 occurred on June 24. The 37,728 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were hidden within large rolls of aluminium foil in a container at Pasir Panjang Scanning Station.
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