Singapore Customs

Rise in vehicles seized at land borders for smuggling contraband items in 2025: Singapore Customs

A motorcycle's bodywork taken apart after ICA officers flagged the vehicle for attempted smuggling of contraband cigarettes in 2025.

2 men arrested after 9,200 cans, bottles of contraband alcohol seized in Bedok

Singapore Customs found 13 pallets containing duty-unpaid beer and liquor hidden among cartons and packaging labelled as non-alcoholic drinks.

Illicit vape market in Singapore generated $10.4m in revenue in 2 years: Study

Singapore has banned vaping since 2018, with new laws introduced recently to enforce harsher penalties.

4 foreigners caught moving cash exceeding $20k into S’pore; 43 nabbed for tax, duties evasion

More than 12,000 travellers and 420 vehicles were checked at Singapore’s land, air and sea checkpoints.

6 arrested after 3,500 cartons of contraband cigarettes, drugs seized in Choa Chu Kang

Singapore Customs officers found duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in and among packages labelled as "dog food" in a public utilities room in Choa Chu Kang.

Over 9 years’ jail for car import firm director who defaulted on $14m fine for duty evasion

Clement Lee had pleaded guilty to eight charges for fraudulent evasion of duty amounting to about $5.2 million.

$12.1 billion in GST, customs and excise duties collected in 2025: Singapore Customs

Singapore Customs collected $8.9 billion in GST and $3.2 billion in customs and excise duties in 2025.

70 travellers caught for evading taxes, duties in week-long operation at S’pore checkpoints

More than 10,000 travellers and 260 vehicles were identified for checks, and over 14,000 pieces of luggage and hand-carry bags were scanned or searched. during the operations.

Forum: Bring down CIQ costs for pleasure craft owners in Singapore

Number of seized contraband cigarettes remains high; some turn to cigarettes over vapes

The Singapore Customs seized 3.24 million packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes between January and November 2025.

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