{"id":30134,"date":"2026-02-21T02:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30134"},"modified":"2026-02-21T02:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:26:37","slug":"malaysian-duo-arrested-at-tuas-checkpoint-after-over-22000-vapes-found-in-lorry-concealed-as-cosmetics-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30134","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian duo arrested at Tuas Checkpoint after over 22,000 vapes found in lorry concealed as cosmetics, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two Malaysian men were arrested after<strong> <\/strong>Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers foiled their attempt to smuggle over 30,000 tobacco products including e-vaporisers.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at Tuas Checkpoint on Feb 2, according to an ICA Facebook post on Thursday (Feb 19).<\/p>\n<p>More than 22,000 e-vaporisers and related components and over 14,000 heat-not-burn products were uncovered when enhanced checks were conducted on the Malaysia-registered lorry.<\/p>\n<p>The products were found hidden within a consignment declared as cosmetics, said ICA.<\/p>\n<p>Both the 28-year-old driver and the 21-year-old lorry attendant were arrested and the case referred to the Health Sciences Authority for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Under the enhanced penalties introduced on Sept 1 last year, those convicted of importing vapes into Singapore will face a jail term of up to six months, a maximum fine of $10,000, or both, for their first offence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"476\" width=\"269\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F882589894561164%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=269&amp;t=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[[nid:730005]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:dana.leong@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dana.leong@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/malaysian-duo-arrested-tuas-checkpoint-22000-vapes-found\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Malaysian men were arrested after Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers foiled their attempt to smuggle over 30,000 tobacco products including e-vaporisers. The incident&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30135,"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-30134","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\/30134","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=30134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}