7,000 cartons of cigarettes worth more than $700k seized
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The cartons were found concealed beneath the vehicles' floorboards.
PHOTOS: ICA
Tee Zhuo
SINGAPORE - More than 7,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes were seized during checks at Tuas arrival checkpoint last Thursday morning (June 28).
Two apparently unladen Malaysia-registered cargo trucks were found to have concealed black polythene boxes filled with duty-unpaid cigarettes beneath their floorboards, said the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority in a statement on Monday (July 2).
The duty and goods and services tax of the confiscated cigarettes add up to about $754,000.
Both drivers, aged 35 and 42, were Malaysian. The cigarettes, vehicles, and both men have been handed over to Singapore Customs for further investigation, ICA added.
