Customs seizes more than 1,500 cartons of illegal cigarettes found in air-con units
SINGAPORE – More than 1,500 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed inside six air-conditioning units were seized by Singapore Customs officers on Dec 8. A 39-year-old man was arrested during the […]
1,534 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes found on Indonesia-registered tugboat
SINGAPORE – Few people would have given a green cabinet in the corner of a room in a tugboat even a glance. But it did not escape the scrutiny of […]
5 arrested, more than 6,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized by Singapore Customs
SINGAPORE – More than 6,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized by Singapore Customs officers who observed activity at the loading and unloading bay of an industrial building in Woodlands […]
Man who smuggled cigarettes and hid them in excavator arms jailed 39 months, fined $16m
SINGAPORE – A man who repeatedly dealt with duty-unpaid cigarettes has been jailed 39 months and fined $16 million, and will serve an additional 25 months and a day of […]
Six men arrested for buying contraband cigarettes from online peddlers
SINGAPORE – He thought he was doing his colleagues a favour by consolidating orders and fulfilling them – except that the orders were for contraband cigarettes. He was among six men […]