ICA posted how they managed to stop a lorry from smuggling cigarettes at Tuas Checkpoint.
The officers intercepted the vehicle and found melons with cigarettes.
Here is what ICA said:
On 8 January, ICA officers at Tuas Checkpoint foiled an attempt to smuggle 1,838 cartons and 703 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore via a Malaysia-registered lorry transporting fruits.
ICA officers had noticed anomalies in the scanned images and directed the lorry for further checks. Their suspicions were confirmed when they uncovered duty-unpaid cigarettes within some crates containing melons.
The case involving a Malaysian lorry driver and his attendant was referred to Singapore Customs for further investigation.
Safeguarding Singapore’s borders remains as the top priority for ICA. Similar concealment methods may also be used by terrorists to smuggle security items into Singapore. ICA will continue to conduct security checks to detect and deter smuggling attempts, to keep Singapore safe.
Penalties:
Buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, possessing 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