Singapore Customs Arrests Four for Evading Import Duties on Cigarettes
Singapore Customs arrested four men for failing to pay import duties on more than 1,300 cartons of cigarettes, Singapore said in a Sept. 2 press release. Officers searched a truck and a warehouse operated by the men and found more…
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than 700 cartons of cigarettes hidden in the floorboards of the truck and more than 600 cartons of cigarettes in the warehouse, Singapore said. Singapore said the men evaded about $125,000 (in Singapore dollars) in taxes. Violators can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duties they evaded and jailed for up to six years, Singapore said.