{"id":46653,"date":"2026-04-23T03:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46653"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:39:39","slug":"over-3200-cartons-attempt-to-smuggle-duty-unpaid-cigarettes-in-vacuum-machines-via-tuas-checkpoint-foiled-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46653","title":{"rendered":"Over 3,200 cartons: Attempt to smuggle duty-unpaid cigarettes in vacuum machines via Tuas Checkpoint foiled, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) foiled an attempt by a 41-year-old Malaysian to smuggle duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore via Tuas Checkpoint on April 14.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Tuesday (April 21), ICA said that the Malaysia-registered lorry was carrying a consignment of vacuum machines, but a thorough check by Image Analysts noticed anomalies in the scanned image of the vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,200 cartons and 1,600 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found concealed in the machines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The male driver was arrested in connection with the case and the exhibits and suspect were referred to Singapore Customs for further investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"793\" width=\"500\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FImmigration.Checkpoints.Authority%2Fposts%2Fpfbid035JeCRt4AnTC31c3UTtmasJM9js6REjiVW7E4cQY8Ppd4qNzVRjpVbgxYCCvSF1Wql&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, possessing or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are considered serious offences under the Customs Act and the Goods and Services Tax Act.<\/p>\n<p>If found guilty, offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty evaded and\/or jailed for up to six years.<\/p>\n<p>Vehicles used in the commission of such offences and proceeds of sales of duty-unpaid cigarettes are also liable to be forfeited.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:733874]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:esther.lam@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">esther.lam@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/malaysian-driver-arrested-ica-duty-unpaid-cigarettes-smuggling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) foiled an attempt by a 41-year-old Malaysian to smuggle duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore via Tuas Checkpoint on April 14&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46654,"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-46653","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\/46653","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=46653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}