Singapore Customs Arrests Four for Illegal Cigarette Imports

Singapore Customs arrested four men involved in a scheme to illegally import cigarettes, the agency said in a Nov. 25 notice. Singapore alleged one of the men used his freight forwarding company to illegally import the cigarettes and falsely labeled them as stationery. The men stored the cigarettes on “company premises” and smuggled them out using their cars before being discovered by Singapore authorities. Customs officers seized about 1,200 cartons and 11 packets of cigarettes, and said the scheme evaded more than $160,000 (in Singapore dollars) in taxes on the imports. Charges have been filed, and investigation continues.