More than 10,000 travellers and 260 vehicles were identified for checks, and over 14,000 pieces of luggage and hand-carry bags were scanned or searched during the operation. - SINGAPORE CUSTOMS
SINGAPORE: Seventy people were caught for failing to declare and pay taxes for goods at Singapore’s checkpoints during a week-long multi-agency enforcement operation, the authorities said on Thursday (Jan 22).
The operation – conducted by the Singapore Police Force, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and Singapore Customs – was to detect and enforce against non-compliance with Singapore’s cross-border cash reporting regime and other illegal cross-border activities, the agencies said in a joint statement.
