Singapore Arrests 4 on Suspicion of Evading Duties on Cigarettes
Singapore Customs arrested four individuals -- two Chinese nationals and two Singaporean nationals -- and seized 1,100 cartons of cigarettes for which duties had not been paid, the customs agency announced June 30. During the operation, Singapore Customs saw brown…
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boxes being moved between a van and a car parked next to it. Officers conducted checks on the suspicion that the boxes had duty-unpaid cigarettes, ultimately discovering the 1,100 cartons and arresting the four individuals. Singapore Customs said the total duty and Goods and Services tax evaded were $93,940 and $7,470 (in Singapore dollars), respectively. "Investigations are ongoing," it said.