2 Bangladeshi men arrested in Tuas raid by Singapore Customs, cigarettes and 2 lorries seized
Two Bangladeshi men, aged 36 and 37, were arrested for evading nearly $300,000 in duties and taxes, said Singapore Customs in an Aug 28 media release.
Singapore Customs had raided an industrial unit at Tuas View Square on Aug 24 and found 2,701 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes, including some which were found on two lorries in the unit.
Investigations revealed both men were allegedly engaged by an unknown person to collect and repack duty-unpaid cigarettes in the unit.
One of them was an employee of the company occupying the unit and had allegedly abused his company’s premises for the illicit activities.
All the duty-unpaid cigarettes, as well as the two lorries allegedly used in the transportation of the duty-unpaid cigarettes, were seized.
The total duty and goods and services tax (GST) evaded amounted to $292,712.
Court proceedings are ongoing.
Buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, possessing or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the GST Act.
Offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded and/or jailed.
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