Five arrested, more than 6,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized by Singapore Customs

1,120 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were found in the truck at the loading/unloading bay of an industrial building in Woodlands Industrial Park. - SINGAPORE CUSTOMS

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): 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 arrested last Thursday, Singapore Customs said in a statement on Monday (Sept 6).