{"id":93307,"date":"2026-10-16T04:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=93307"},"modified":"2026-10-16T04:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:05:03","slug":"hidden-in-car-doors-air-con-vent-man-arrested-over-700-cartons-of-duty-unpaid-cigarettes-at-woodlands-checkpoint-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=93307","title":{"rendered":"Hidden in car doors, air-con vent: Man arrested over 700 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes at Woodlands Checkpoint, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>More than 700 cartons and 2,000 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found hidden in modified compartments of a Malaysia-registered car at Woodlands Checkpoint on Oct 5.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers directed the car for enhanced checks after finding anomalies in the initial screening, the authority said in a Facebook post on Thursday (Oct 15).<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Malaysian male driver was arrested in connection with the case.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect and seized items were referred to Singapore Customs for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>ICA said it remains committed to facilitating trade and travel while keeping Singapore&#8217;s borders safe and secure.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Customs Act and the Goods and Services Tax Act, it is an offence to buy, sell, convey, possess or deal with duty-unpaid goods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Offenders face a fine of up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded, imprisonment of up to six years, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Vehicles used to commit such offences, as well as proceeds from the sale of duty-unpaid goods, may be forfeited.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FImmigration.Checkpoints.Authority%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02oHh3HuRdy1kNJCnPTLBNecnoYGrf1b53D4zDoTbL2RFbzZAKsns7Tv4nHQV9BMg3l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"728\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[[nid:747725]]<\/p>\n<p>helmy.saat@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/woodlands-checkpoint-duty-unpaid-cigarettes-malaysia-car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 700 cartons and 2,000 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found hidden in modified compartments of a Malaysia-registered car at Woodlands Checkpoint on Oct&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93308,"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-93307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93307","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=93307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}