ICA foils raw barbecue pork smuggling

[Toshiie Maeda]

ICA foils raw barbecue pork smuggling
By Vimita Mohandas | Posted: 28 December 2010 2218 hrs
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SINGAPORE: If you plan to bring in meat or meat products into Singapore, you might be introducing infectious animal diseases into the country.

This warning comes from the Immigrations and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), following the arrest of a Singaporean man, who tried to smuggle 48kg of raw barbecue pork from Johor.

ICA officers found the raw meat which was concealed in the spare tyre compartment and side panels of a Singapore-registered car, on Sunday evening, at Woodlands Checkpoint.

The man claimed to have bought the barbecue pork for about S$150 (RM368) in Johor.

He had intended to deliver the meat to a market in Geylang Serai.

But ICA officers have since disposed of the meat and the man has been referred to the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) for investigations.

-CNA/ac