Earlier today the Singapore Customs posted on Facebook of a man getting handcuffed with a large number of cigarettes in front of him.
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Singapore Customs reports that there are at least 6,004 cartons of cigarettes.
The amount of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized easily amounts to over SGD$500,000 in duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the evaded tax amount.
Cigarettes stored on truck
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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Image source: Singapore Customs