{"id":50392,"date":"2026-05-07T02:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50392"},"modified":"2026-05-07T02:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:34:37","slug":"malaysian-driver-busted-with-270-cartons-of-smuggled-cigarettes-at-woodlands-checkpoint-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50392","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian driver busted with 270 cartons of smuggled cigarettes at Woodlands Checkpoint, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Malaysian driver was arrested on April 15 after attempting to smuggle over 270 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Wednesday (May 6) by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), officers at Woodlands Checkpoint profiled and directed the Malaysia-registered car for enhanced checks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They found more than 270 cartons and 1,600 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in various parts of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old male Malaysian driver was subsequently arrested in connection with the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exhibits and suspect were referred to Singapore Customs for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Customs Act and the Goods and Services Tax Act, buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, possessing or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are considered serious offences.\u00a0<\/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><center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"591\" width=\"267\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F3039672176231461%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>[[nid:734720]]<\/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-woodlands-checkpoint-smuggle-duty-unpaid-cigarettes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Malaysian driver was arrested on April 15 after attempting to smuggle over 270 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore.\u00a0 In a Facebook post on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50393,"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-50392","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\/50392","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=50392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}