Malaysian lorry driver detained at Woodlands Checkpoint, 3,200 cartons of cigarettes seized


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 27 Jul 2017

A total 3,200 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized. - ICA

SINGAPORE: A 34-year-old Malaysian driver is under investigation after 3,200 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized from his lorry by officers at Woodlands Checkpoint here.

The driver had declared the goods in the Malaysia-registered lorry he was driving as wafer cup cones and chocolate dips, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a statement on Thursday.

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