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SMUGGLERS TRIED TO BRING IN CIGAARAETTES IN BISCUIT BOXES

Although they are trying to censor the brand of the product, it’s a bit too obvious. The box appears to be Lotte’s Peppero a brand of chocolate-coated biscuits.

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“ICA officers at Changi Airfreight Centre discovered that some people play the game in reverse – concealing duty-unpaid cigarettes in snack boxes, hoping to avoid detection.”

Penalties

Buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, having in possession or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the GST Act.

Offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded and/or jailed for up to six years. Vehicles used in the commission of such offences are also liable to be forfeited.

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