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ICA foils 2 cigarette smuggling attempts on same day 

SINGAPORE: The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Wednesday foiled two separate cigarette smuggling attempts.

Duties and taxes on the 1,900 cartons of cigarettes amounted to some S$144,000.

In the first case, two Malaysians were caught at the Tuas Checkpoint for trying to smuggle contraband cigarettes hidden in a modified compartment within the floorboard of a consignment of hydrated lime.

Preliminary investigations showed that the Indian driver was promised RM2,000 by the accompanying attendant for the successful delivery of the duty-unpaid cigarettes. . . .

The other case involved five Indonesian seamen who were intercepted at Jurong Wharf for hiding contraband cigarettes under the floorboard of the vessel.

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