Customs officers win awards for deeds ranging from busting crooks to helping businesses

(From left) Deputy Chief Superintendent of Customs Muhammad Suffyan Tumadi, Chief Superintendent of Customs Yeo Ban Meng and Higher Superintendent of Customs Muhammad Firdaus Roslan. - ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): He began his career as a Singapore Customs (SC) officer in 2010 overseeing raids on suspects who had stashed contraband cigarettes in tissue boxes in cars at the checkpoints and in lockers at worksites.

Since 2020, Deputy Chief Superintendent of Customs Muhammad Suffyan Tumadi, assistant head of Schemes and Engagement, has been a trade facilitator who assists companies in their application of the various Customs schemes.