More than 3,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed in an arriving Malaysia-registered prime mover and bus at Tuas Checkpoint were uncovered within a span of three days, on 12 and 14 October 2019.
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) stated in a press release on Wednesday (16 October) that in the first case detected on 12 October at about 9.50 am, a total of 925 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found concealed in the modified compartment underneath the floorboard of the Malaysia-registered bus.
According to ICA, the bus was driven by a 28-year-old male Malaysian and was ferrying several passengers into Singapore.
The total duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the two cases amounts to a total of about $291,470 and $21,400 respectively.
Both drivers have been charged in court, it added.