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Ciggies packed with frozen fish, dumped at Tuas coast

Ex-smuggler tells about 'lucrative' but illicit cigarette trade that is rising amid Covid-19

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Zaihan Mohamed Yusof  Senior Correspondent, Zaihan Mohamed Yusof

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Cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in boxes of frozen fish, or sealed in trash bags and tossed into the sea at night to be retrieved later.
These are just some of the ways syndicates are getting these contraband goods into Singapore, revealed a former cigarette smuggler who is now an informer for the authorities.
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