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Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers cut open the tyres of a Singapore-registered rental car during an enhanced check at Woodlands Checkpoint on July 16.<\/p>\n
In a video posted on its social media accounts, ICA officers are seen using a cutter to slice open the tyres of a car.<\/p>\n
Once the tyres were cut open, yellow packets were visible inside the tyre walls. The packets were later found with cigarettes concealed within.<\/p>\n
ICA said its search and examination officers had directed the vehicle for enhanced checks, and noticed a punctured rear tyre with masking tape and styrofoam inside the tyre rim.<\/p>\n
More than 1,200 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found concealed within four punctured tyres and a spare tyre.<\/p>\n
A 47-year-old Singaporean man was arrested. The cigarettes and the suspect were referred to Singapore Customs for further investigation.<\/p>\n
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
Offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded, jailed for up to six years, or both.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vehicles used to commit such offences, as well as proceeds from the sale of duty-unpaid goods, may also be forfeited.<\/p>\n
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