An Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officer conducting checks on a traveller bringing in cash to Singapore during a week-long multi-agency operation. - Photo: Immigration and Checkpoints Authority
SINGAPORE: Eighty-eight people were caught for various offences, including failing to declare and pay taxes on cigarettes, after a week-long multi-agency enforcement operation was carried out across land, sea and air checkpoints.
In a joint statement on Saturday (Oct 18), the police, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Singapore Customs and Health Sciences Authority said more than 14,000 travellers and 280 vehicles had gone through checks during the operation, which took place between Oct 9 and 15.
