A total of 3.22 million packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes and 7,700kg of chewing tobacco seized in 2023.
Health Sciences Authority officers during an operation on Sept 29, when two men were caught with 20 sachets of chewing tobacco in Sungei Kadut Avenue.While waiting for customers to arrive in their vehicles, the peddlers sit on a concrete embankment partially shielded by tall bushes in Mandai Road.SINGAPORE – Peddlers of duty-unpaid cigarettes and chewing tobacco are pushing their trade from dimly lit areas around workers’ dormitories to park connectors around Sungei Kadut and Mandai Road.
The authorities also seized 7,700kg of chewing tobacco in 2023, compared with 4,500kg of the illicit item in 2022 and 1,500kg in 2021.The Straits Times followed HSA officers in an operation on Sept 29, 2024, when two men were caught with 20 sachets of chewing tobacco in Sungei Kadut Avenue. Triathlete B.C. Chung, who cycles on Mandai Road four times a week, said he often sees men in their 20s loitering in the area.
Health Sciences Authority officers arresting a suspect during a raid on a chewing tobacco syndicate in Sungei Kadut on Sept 29. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM Keat Hong MP Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim said the sale of contraband cigarettes in public areas is less common than the peddling of vaping products in Housing Board corridors and staircases.
Euromonitor International estimates that 372.2 billion cigarettes per year are smuggled, manufactured illegally or counterfeited, robbing governments of about US$40 billion each year in taxes.
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