ICA officers lift car bonnet, uncover over 100 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes
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Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers foiled an attempt to smuggle duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint on Aug 16.Photographs posted by ICA on its Facebook page on Thursday (Aug 27) show several cartons of cigarettes sICA officers lift car bonnet, uncover over 100 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes
Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers foiled an attempt to smuggle duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint on Aug 16.Photographs posted by ICA on its Facebook page on Thursday (Aug 27) show several cartons of cigarettes stashed away in a Malaysia-registered car's engine compartment.Black trash bags are also seen taped over the compartment.ICA said its search and examination officers had directed the vehicle for enhanced checks.There, over 100 cartons and 400 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found concealed within the bonnet.The 28-year-old male Malaysian car driver was arrested and the case referred to the Singapore Customs for further investigation.Buying, selling, conveying, possessing or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the Goods and Services Tax Act. Offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded, jailed for up to six years, or both. Vehicles used to commit such offences, as well as proceeds from the sale of duty-unpaid goods, may also be forfeited.[[nid:743491]] Read more












