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SINGAPORE: The police are looking for a Malaysian man who abandoned his lorry at a cargo checking bay early Thursday (Jul 5) morning, causing Woodlands Checkpoint to come to a standstill.
After he had cleared immigration, the man, identified as 31-year-old Asrul Nizam Jamil, got out of his lorry at about 2.50am while his vehicle was being subjected to further checks, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in response to queries from Channel NewsAsia.
Checkpoints operations were temporarily suspended to locate the driver.
ICA officers subsequently found approximately 5,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in the lorry.
ICA said the search for Asrul is ongoing. "Anyone with information on him should call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness," an ICA spokesperson said.
In a Facebook post at about 5am, the ICA warned of delays at the checkpoint as it is implementing "enhanced checks" due to "an ongoing operation".
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...rations-suspended-man-abandons-lorry-10500830
