5 men arrested after duty-unpaid cigarettes found hidden in glass blocks

Over two operations in the last two weeks, thousands of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found hidden in glass blocks.

The duties and taxes allegedly evaded amounted to more than S$870,000.

This was revealed by Singapore Customs in a media release on Monday (12 Aug).

Cigarettes found in glass blocks at Woodlands industrial building

Singapore Customs said it conducted the first operation on 31 July at an industrial building in Woodlands Avenue 12.

There, duty-unpaid cigarettes were found hidden among a consignment of glass blocks in a unit.

2,240 cartons and 17,918 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were sei...