{"id":15313,"date":"2025-11-29T04:44:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=15313"},"modified":"2025-11-29T04:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:44:35","slug":"3100-cartons-of-duty-unpaid-cigarettes-seized-at-jurong-west-4-malaysians-arrested-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=15313","title":{"rendered":"3,100 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized at Jurong West, 4 Malaysians arrested, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Singapore Customs seized 3,100 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes and arrested four Malaysian men, aged between 20 and 39, during an enforcement operation at Pasir Laba heavy vehicle carpark in Jurong West on Nov 13.<\/p>\n<p>The total duty and Goods and Services Tax evaded amounted to about $335,785, Singapore Customs said on Thursday (Nov 27).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, officers conducted checks on a parked tanker and a nearby forested area, where duty-unpaid cigarettes were allegedly being packed into cartons.<\/p>\n<p>Checks uncovered 3,100 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes found concealed within the tanker and in the forested area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations revealed that a 30-year-old Malaysian man was allegedly hired to drive a prime mover with the tank attached from Malaysia to Singapore, while a 39-year-old Malaysian man was hired to deliver the contraband using a truck.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining two men, aged 20 and 21, were allegedly hired by the 39 year-old to act as lookouts, including using a motorcycle to &#8220;scout the area&#8221; to ensure that it was safe for unloading the contraband.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"735\" width=\"500\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fasiaonecom%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0SR2VGimPArsAL7R7vcLRd5oTfzFN71SAHzsxWauNdmbGm417PS5228pVkWXGPcL5l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The vehicles involved \u2014 the prime mover and the attached tank, the truck, and motorcycle \u2014 have also been seized.<\/p>\n<p>Court proceedings are ongoing for all the four arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Customs Act and the GST Act, buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, possessing or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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 committing such offences are also subject to forfeiture.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov 4, Singapore Customs foiled another case of duty-unpaid cigarettes involving three male Chinese nationals at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/singapore-customs-seized-over-1540-cartons-duty-unpaid-cigarettes-joo-koon-bendemeer-3-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joo Koon and Bendemeer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:725200]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/duty-unpaid-cigarettes-pasir-laba-malaysian-3100-cartons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore Customs seized 3,100 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes and arrested four Malaysian men, aged between 20 and 39, during an enforcement operation at Pasir Laba&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}