Seized contraband cigarettes worth over $800k in unpaid taxes

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Three men were arrested and Singapore Customs officers seized a total of 7,500 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes in two operations in June. The total duty and goods and services tax evaded amounted to about $812,800. Singapore Customs said in a statement on July 2...

Three men were arrested and Singapore Customs officers seized a total of 7,500 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes in two operations in June.Singapore Customs said in a statement on July 2 that the three Singaporeans, aged 26, 27 and 43, were nabbed at an industrial unit in Depot Lane on June 25.

Officers opened the back door of the unit with the key and discovered a third man with 3,750 cartons of contraband cigarettes inside, along with a consignment of stretch film. Following leads, Customs officers conducted another operation on June 27 at a warehouse in Pandan Avenue near Pandan Reservoir. They discovered another 3,750 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in five pallets among stretch film.

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