1,534 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes found on Indonesia-registered tugboat


A green cabinet was used to conceal a hatch that led to a tank where the duty-unpaid cigarettes were found.- IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Few people would have given a green cabinet in the corner of a room in a tugboat even a glance.

But it did not escape the scrutiny of officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Police Coast Guard and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore last Thursday (Nov 25).

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