SINGAPORE – Six Bangladeshi men, aged 25 to 42, were arrested after 3,500 cartons of contraband cigarettes and about 17g of drugs were seized in a Customs enforcement operation in Choa Chu Kang on April 30.
Customs officers carried out checks that day, based on information they had received, on a public utilities room in Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, where they found 2,700 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in and among packages labelled as “dog food”, Singapore Customs said in a statement on May 13.
The officers also found drug paraphernalia and sachets believed to contain 17g of controlled drugs, including methamphetamine – also known as Ice – and cannabis.
Five men found in the public utilities room were arrested.
After further checks and questioning, the officers found a key to a vehicle on one of the men, which led them to a locally registered van parked nearby that held another 800 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes.
