5 arrested, more than 6,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized by Singapore Customs
SINGAPORE – More than 6,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized by Singapore Customs officers who observed activity at the loading and unloading bay of an industrial building in Woodlands Industrial Park. Four men – three Singaporeans and a Malaysian – as well as one Malaysian woman, all between 21 and 54 years old, were... » read more
Electronic Cigarettes Surrounding Third and Fourth Tier Cities in China, What’s the Future?
Hong Kong / TickerInsider / August 17, 2021 / More and more Electronic Cigarettes (Vaping) stores and experience stores are emerging in third and fourth tier cities in China. Mr. Xu from Yichang City, Hubei Province, saw this as a wealth opportunity and wanted to get involved. However, he found that within three months, Electronic... » read more
Man who smuggled cigarettes and hid them in excavator arms jailed 39 months, fined $16m
SINGAPORE – A man who repeatedly dealt with duty-unpaid cigarettes has been jailed 39 months and fined $16 million, and will serve an additional 25 months and a day of jail as he did not pay the fine. Singaporean Loh Hu Seong, 58, was found to have worked with a Malaysian man in 2018 to... » read more
Six men arrested for buying contraband cigarettes from online peddlers
SINGAPORE – He thought he was doing his colleagues a favour by consolidating orders and fulfilling them – except that the orders were for contraband cigarettes. He was among six men – five Chinese nationals and one Malaysian aged between 32 and 43 – arrested in an enforcement operation by Singapore Customs on Tuesday (April 13)... » read more
10 arrested, over 2,600 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized in Singapore Customs operations
SINGAPORE – Eight men and two women were arrested for various offences involving duty-unpaid cigarettes, said Singapore Customs on Friday (Oct 16). The ten are aged between 23 and 69. They were arrested during seven separate operations across the island over a five-day period, from Oct 5 to Oct 9. More than 2,600 cartons of... » read more