CONTRABAND CIGARETTES CAUGHT BEING SMUGGLED INTO S’PORE @ TANJONG PAGAR

ICA officers foiled an attempt to smuggle duty unpaid cigarettes into Singapore.

Officers at Tanjong Pagar Scanning Station detected anomalies in scanned images of a 40 feet shipping container, and found contraband cigarettes hidden in 18 paint drums that were declared as “colouring materials”.

A total of 234 cartons x 200 sticks and 111 packets x 20 sticks of contraband cigarettes were seized.

Images source: ICA