Singapore Customs Seizes Over 6,000 Cartons of Cigarettes, Arrests Five
Singapore Customs arrested five individuals for illegally importing 6,000 cartons of cigarettes, while also seizing the duty-unpaid goods, the agency said. A Malaysian man and woman and three Singaporean men were arrested while attempting to smuggle the cigarettes. Singapore Customs…
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observed the boxes being transferred into a Singapore-registered truck in Woodlands Industrial Park. This led the agency to seize 1,120 cartons of the cigarettes. These arrests led to follow-up checks, including one on a nearby Singapore-registered truck, prompting the seizure of another 4,928 cartons. The total amount of Goods and Services Tax evaded amounted to $516,490 and $41,430 (in Singapore dollars), respectively, the agency said.