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More Than 3,000 Cartons Of Contraband Cigarettes Seized At Jurong Port Main Gate
On 20 January 2016 at about 5.10pm, a lorry driven by a 57-year-old male Singaporean was stopped by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers for checks at the Jurong Port Main Gate. The lorry was carrying a consignment declared to be plasticware.
Lorry carrying consignment declared to be plasticware
2. The lorry was then directed to the Jurong Scanning Station for radiographic scanning, where officers observed anomalies in the scanned images. A total of 3,100 cartons of contraband cigarettes were seized from the lorry.
Contraband cigarettes hidden in the middle carton
3. The potential duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) evaded amounted to about S$284,800 and S$25,890. The driver, plasticware consignment, contraband cigarettes and lorry were handed over to Singapore Customs for investigations. The vehicle used in the commission of such offences is liable to be forfeited.
Total contraband cigarettes seized
4. Our borders are our first line of defence in safeguarding Singapore's security. The security checks are critical to our nation’s security. The ICA will continue to conduct security checks on passengers and vehicles at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle in undesirable persons, drugs, weapons, explosives and other contrabands. The same methods of concealment used by contraband smugglers may be used by terrorists to smuggle arms and explosives to carry out attacks in Singapore.
IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY
22 JANUARY 2016
Lorry carrying consignment declared to be plasticware
2. The lorry was then directed to the Jurong Scanning Station for radiographic scanning, where officers observed anomalies in the scanned images. A total of 3,100 cartons of contraband cigarettes were seized from the lorry.
Contraband cigarettes hidden in the middle carton
3. The potential duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) evaded amounted to about S$284,800 and S$25,890. The driver, plasticware consignment, contraband cigarettes and lorry were handed over to Singapore Customs for investigations. The vehicle used in the commission of such offences is liable to be forfeited.
Total contraband cigarettes seized
4. Our borders are our first line of defence in safeguarding Singapore's security. The security checks are critical to our nation’s security. The ICA will continue to conduct security checks on passengers and vehicles at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle in undesirable persons, drugs, weapons, explosives and other contrabands. The same methods of concealment used by contraband smugglers may be used by terrorists to smuggle arms and explosives to carry out attacks in Singapore.
IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY
22 JANUARY 2016