{"id":64065,"date":"2026-06-27T04:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64065"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:22:02","slug":"ica-officers-hack-and-cut-open-malaysia-buss-engine-bay-uncover-duty-unpaid-cigarettes-singapore-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64065","title":{"rendered":"ICA officers hack and cut open Malaysia bus&#8217;s engine bay, uncover duty-unpaid cigarettes, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers brought out their axes and cutters as they hacked and cut open parts of a Malaysia-registered bus during an enhanced check at Woodlands Checkpoint on June 15.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted on its social media on Thursday (June 25), ICA officers and workers are seen using cutters at a section of the bus&#8217;s undercarriage.<\/p>\n<p>A section of the floorboard was also hacked open, showing what appears to be a modified compartment.<\/p>\n<p>ICA said the bus was profiled and directed for enhanced checks, where its search and examination officers found more than 880 cartons and 110 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes from the modified engine compartment of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne understands that such profiling is typically conducted by ICA&#8217;s Integrated Targeting Centre (ITC).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"476\" width=\"267\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F996314033011267%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The ITC operates 24\/7 and leverages data analytics to conduct pre-arrival risk assessment of travellers, conveyances and cargo. Those assessed to be of higher risk are flagged for checks upon arrival at Singapore&#8217;s checkpoints.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this case, a 40-year-old male Malaysian driver was arrested and the case referred to the Singapore Customs for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Buying, selling, conveying, possessing or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the Goods and Services Tax Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty evaded, jailed for up to six years, or both.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vehicles used in these offences and proceeds of sales of duty-unpaid goods may also be forfeited.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, ICA detected more than 57,000 contraband cases through Singapore&#8217;s checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:738327]]<\/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<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/woodlands-checkpoint-malaysia-bus-cut-open-engine-bay-cigarettes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers brought out their axes and cutters as they hacked and cut open parts of a Malaysia-registered bus during an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64066,"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-64065","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\/64065","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=64065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}