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Cigarette smugglers' loot goes up in smoke

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The smuggler may have thought the coast was clear after successfully receiving a large shipment of contraband cigarettes.
But the game was up the moment he left his Woodlands flat to discard metal boxes used to hide the duty-unpaid cigarettes that were declared as tea.
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