2 men with duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in cars fail to 'smoke' ICA officers at Tuas Checkpoint

A total of 314 cartons and 2,030 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found hidden in various compartments of two cars that arrived separately at Tuas Checkpoint on Saturday (Oct 13).

Officers from the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) had discovered the cigarettes in places such as the dashboard, door panels, rear passenger seat and bumper of the Malaysia-registered cars.

The cigarettes were detected separately within a span of three hours, said the ICA in a Facebook post titled "You can’t smoke us" on Wednesday (Oct 17).

The cases, involving two Malaysian men aged 58 and 35, were referred to the Singapore Customs.

The ICA added: "This method of concealment is a cause for concern as similar methods may be used by people with ill intent to smuggle security items into Singapore."

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