Failed attempt at smuggling cigarette

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Failed attempt at smuggling cigarette

By Mustafa Shafawi | Posted: 13 October 2011 1620 hrs​

SINGAPORE: The nervousness of the four crew members of an Indonesian boat raised the suspicion of the authorities who were conducting anti-smuggling operations at the Jurong River area on Tuesday.

The officers discovered 1,375 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes wrapped in black plastic when they combed the engine room.

Soon after the stash was uncovered, a second Indonesian wooden vessel was spotted nearby.

Just as the four crew members were attempting to pull alongside the first vessel, they saw the officers and tried to steer away but were intercepted.

A search of the vessel uncovered 1,164 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes wrapped in black plastic in the engine room.

All the eight crew members of the two boats were immediately arrested.

During preliminary investigations, the male Indonesians admitted that they had agreed to help a man by the name of 'Andi' from Batam to transport the cigarettes from the island to Singapore.

They were promised between S$100 and S$150 each.

The total duties and GST payable is estimated at about S$240,000.

- CNA/ck

 

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Eight cigarette smugglers jailed
Published on Oct 14, 2011

By Elena Chong

Eight Indonesian nationals have been jailed for smuggling contraband cigarettes over the past two days.

Four of them - Jamal, 41, Hasan, 28, Linggo Laksito, 31, and Abdul Salam, 29 - were each given two years' jail on Thursday for importing 1,375 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes and not paying goods and services tax on the goods on board Dahlia II at Jurong River on Tuesday.

The unpaid excise duty and GST amounted to $118,976 and $10,348 respectively.