You would think this is all a bit odd, but it is true - cigarettes have been hidden in Potato Chips, which are surely more valuable to all human beings!
Anyway, $1.5 million Singaporean worth of contraband cigarettes have been seized at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
More than 14,500 cartons of cigarettes were found on a Malaysian-registered lorry, hidden among 24 pallets of Potato Chips.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said this was one of the largest hauls of contraband cigarettes at the Woodlands Checkpoint since 2003. The total tax evaded amounted to more than S$1.1 million.
The cigarettes were discovered in a routine check when the lorry arrived at the checkpoint. ICA said the 36-year-old Malaysian driver, the lorry and the contraband cigarettes were handed over to the Singapore Customs for further investigations. The lorry was subsequently seized as vehicles used in the commission of such offences are liable to be forfeited.
Anyway, $1.5 million Singaporean worth of contraband cigarettes have been seized at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
More than 14,500 cartons of cigarettes were found on a Malaysian-registered lorry, hidden among 24 pallets of Potato Chips.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said this was one of the largest hauls of contraband cigarettes at the Woodlands Checkpoint since 2003. The total tax evaded amounted to more than S$1.1 million.
The cigarettes were discovered in a routine check when the lorry arrived at the checkpoint. ICA said the 36-year-old Malaysian driver, the lorry and the contraband cigarettes were handed over to the Singapore Customs for further investigations. The lorry was subsequently seized as vehicles used in the commission of such offences are liable to be forfeited.
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