2 Mar: 8,908 cartons of cigarettes were seized from the engine room
and cargo compartment of a vessel.
The boatman, who was paid $200 to help smuggle the goods, was hit
with an $11.7 million fine.
The smuggler was fined more than $12 million.
Both penalties are the highest recorded for individuals involved in
cigarette smuggling this year.
22 Mar: 1,179 cartons of cigarettes and tobacco products were
seized from a vessel. Two Indonesian seamen, aged 29 and 34, were
arrested.
2 May: 110 packets of cigarettes, in brown A3-sized envelopes, were
seized from a Singaporean motorcyclist, 44.
His wife, 44, who was riding pillion, had strapped another 10
packets of cigarettes to her waist.
13 Sept: 4,500 cartons of cigarettes were seizes at the Woodlands
Checkpoint. Two Malaysian men - a 43-year-old driver and his
27-year-old attendant - were arrested.
