Posted: 07 September 2011 1623 hrs
SINGAPORE: Some 5,000 cartons of contraband
cigarettes were seized at the Woodlands Checkpoint in the last two
days.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the potential
duty and GST involved amounted to some S$385,000.
Early on Monday morning, some 4,000 cartons were seized from a
Malaysia-registered truck which was declared to be conveying a
consignment of assorted second-hand trousers and shirts.
Just hours later, another 130 cartons were found hidden in various
parts of a Malaysia-registered car.
And on Tuesday, close to 900 cartons of illegal cigarettes were
seized from a Malaysia-registered truck declared to be carrying a
consignment of blue empty drum barrels.
Five males, aged between 21 to 47 years old, were handed over to
the Singapore Customs for investigation.
-AFP/ac
