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Number of illegal cigarettes seized down 37% last year  

The number of duty unpaid cigarettes seized last year was 37 per cent lower compared to the figures in 2008. According to the Singapore Customs, this was the largest drop in five years.

2.9 million packets of duty unpaid cigarettes were confiscated by the Singapore Customs last year, down from 4.6 million in 2008.

Similarly, the number of people caught peddling or buying illegal cigarettes was about 2.5 per cent lower in 2009 than the year before.

Singapore Customs said this could be due to the SDPC or "Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarette" printed on every single legal cigarette.

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