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Singapore Customs Arrests 4, Seizes Over 3,200 Cartons of Cigarettes

Singapore Customs arrested four individuals -- three Singaporean nationals and one Malaysian national -- Dec. 28, seizing over 3,200 cartons of cigarettes for which duties had not been paid, the customs administration announced. The operation was conducted in an industrial…

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unit around Loyang Drive where Singapore Customs snatched a total of 3,232 cartons of cigarettes for which the total duty and Goods and Service tax amounted to about $276,010 and $22,140, (in Singapore dollars) respectively. Customs officers also seized 1,056 boxes of pods and 247 vaporizers along with two Singapore vehicles used in the attempted smuggling of the cigarettes.