The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a Facebook statement on 4 February that they intercepted smuggling attempts at Tuas Checkpoint over 5 days.
ICA officers had profiled a Malaysia lorry on 11 January and found more than 113kg of chewing tobacco being hidden inside.
On 16 January, ICA officers detected anomalies in the scanned images of another Malaysia lorry, and uncovered about 749kg of chewing tobacco hidden in the lorry’s cargo consignment.
Both of the cases have since been referred to the Health Sciences Authority for further investigations.
ICA’s Facebook statement
𝗡𝗼 “𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝘀” – 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵
Check out the photos to see what 800+kg of chewing tobacco looks like.
ICA intercepted more than 800kg of chewing tobacco in 5 days at Tuas Checkpoint.
On 11 Jan 2023, ICA officers profiled a Malaysia-registered lorry for enhanced checks and uncovered around 113kg of chewing tobacco hidden in various parts of the cabin.
On 16 Jan 2023, ICA officers noticed anomalies in the scanned images of a Malaysia-registered lorry. Further checks revealed around 749kg of chewing tobacco hidden in the lorry’s cargo consignment.
Both cases were referred to the Health Sciences Authority for further investigations.
Chewing tobacco is prohibited and not allowed to be imported into Singapore.
As Guardians of Our Borders, ICA protect our communities by keeping dangerous items and illegal goods off our shores.