Singapore Customs Seizes Over 1,500 Cartons of Smuggled Cigarettes
Singapore authorities arrested a Chinese national on Dec. 8 and seized more than 1,500 cartons of cigarettes for which duties had not been paid, Singapore Customs said. In the operation, Singapore Customs officers saw a man collecting goods from a…
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warehouse and loading them onto a Singapore-registered truck in the Gambas Crescent region. The officers then arrested the man and seized 1,512 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed inside six air-conditioning units. A follow-up search at his residence turned up nine more packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes. The total amount of Goods and Services tax evaded totaled around $129,000 and $10,000, respectively (in Singapore dollars), Singapore Customs said. Charges have been filed against the Chinese national and proceedings are "ongoing."