The Immigration and Checkpoint Bureau cracked a tax-evaluation cigarette smuggling case, and law enforcement officers seized 850 and 2,280 packs of tax-evaluation cigarettes.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Bureau posted on Facebook on Monday (March 10) that a Malaysia-registered car smuggled tax-evaluated cigarettes from Woodlands checkpoints on Sunday (9th), and was discovered by law enforcement officers on the spot and all cigarettes were seized.

According to the authorities' post, after further inspection of the vehicle, law enforcement officers seized more than 850 and 2,280 packs of tax-evaluated cigarettes from multiple modified conceals in the vehicle.

The case has been handed over to the Singapore Customs Bureau for further investigation.

Under the Tariff Act and the Excise Tax Act, the purchase, sale, transportation, delivery, storage, storage, possession or handling of tax-obsolete goods is a serious violation of the law. Violators may face fines equivalent to 40 times the amount of tax evasion, or be imprisoned for up to six years, or do both.

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The small truck suspected of hiding and rushing onto the sidewalk to search for tax evasion cigarettes

The small truck suspected of hiding and rushing onto the sidewalk to search for tax evasion cigarettes

The Customs Bureau seized more than 20,000 tax-evasion cases last year

The Customs Bureau seized more than 20,000 tax-evasion cases last year