[Moonlighting delivery man arrested for dealing with duty-unpaid cigarettes]
On 17 Jan 2023, Singapore Customs arrested a 39-year-old male Chinese national and seized 142 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes, a truck and suspected criminal proceeds amounting to $1,700 in an operation conducted in the vicinity of Woodlands Ave 6.
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Investigations revealed that the man was allegedly engaged by an unknown person via a social messaging platform to deliver the duty-unpaid cigarettes. He would use his employer’s company vehicle to make the deliveries during his free time.
The total duty and Goods and Services tax evaded amounted to about $12,200 and $970 respectively. The man was charged in court on 18 Jan 2023.
Singapore Customs reminds employers who allowed their workers to drive company vehicles outside working hours to closely monitor the use of the vehicles.
