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Home briefs: Cigarette smuggling attempt foiled

September 8, 2015 by admin News 0 comments

A 42-year-old Malaysian man’s attempt to smuggle into Singapore 4,050 boxes of contraband cigarettes and 150 bundles of tobacco in a container truck was stopped at the Tuas Checkpoint on Saturday. The total duty and goods and services tax due on the items amounted to $419,000, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said yesterday.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/home-briefs-cigarette-smuggling-attempt-foiled

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