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2008 Press Releases

Media Release dated 05 December 2008 (PDF 68.8 kb)
Man Threw Away Three Chances to Come Clean on 3/4 Tank Offence, Fine $500 and Jail Two Weeks 

Media Release dated 04 December 2008 (PDF 120 kb)
Man Fined $19,000 for Smuggling Cigarettes Through Parcel Post

Media Release dated 26 November 2008 (PDF 67.4 kb)
Bangladeshi Man Caught for Abuse of  Tourist Tax Refund Regulation

Media Release dated 25 November 2008 (PDF 365 kb)
ECO-Friendly Cigarettes, Anyone?

Media Release dated 31 October 2008 (PDF 106 kb)
Man Fined $107,500 for “Helping” Himself to Duty-unpaid Cigarettes in Vessel Order Scam

Media Release dated 20 October 2008 (PDF 476 kb)
Sub-Woofers and Bamboo Poles Concealed 123,440 Packets of Contraband Cigarettes, Two Men Arrested

Media Release dated 17 October 2008 (PDF 48 kb)
Singapore Customs Seized 1.91 Million Packets of Contraband Cigarettes from 4 Containers

Media Release dated 09 October 2008 (PDF 141 kb)
Third Motorist with Tampered Fuel Gauge Fined and Jailed Two Weeks

Media Release dated 02 October 2008 (PDF 50.8 kb)
Second Motorist with Tampered Fuel Gauge Fined and Jailed Two Weeks

Media Release dated 16 September 2008 (PDF 311 kb)
Man Jailed Three Years for Smuggling 87,940 Packets Of Duty-unpaid Cigarettes Concealed Between Gas Burners, Sweep at Hotspot Areas also Nabbed 24 Offenders

Media Release dated 10 September 2008 (PDF 51 kb)
Every Cigarette Stick to Bear "SDPC" Marking from 1 January 2009

Media Release dated 19 August 2008 (PDF 460 kb)
Syndicates Using Decorative Pillars to Smuggle Cigarettes

Joint SC-ICA Media Release dated 12 August 2008 (PDF 408 kb) 
Motorist With Tampered Fuel Gauge Fined and Jailed Two Weeks

Joint SC-ICA Media Release dated 5 August 2008 (PDF 408 kb) 
First-Ever Case of Using Excavator Arms to Smuggle 36,780 Packets of Duty-Unpaid Cigarettes Uncovered, Importer Arrested

Media Release dated 31 July 2008 (PDF 510 kb)
Weekend Sting Operations – 2 Illegal Stores Crushed, 17 Persons Arrested, 96,700 Packets of Duty-unpaid Cigarettes and 4 Vehicles Seized

Media Release dated 30 July 2008 (PDF 408 kb)
Buyers Feel the Pinch from New $500 Fine Since Singapore Customs Standardises Penalty on Illegal Cigarettes

Media Release dated 22 July 2008 (PDF 60 kb)
Singapore and New Zealand Customs Sign Statement of Intent on Mutual Recognition of Their Supply Chain Security Programmes

Joint SC-ICA Media Release dated 17 July 2008 (PDF 395 kb)
Soya Bean "Puffs"

Media Release dated 14 July 2008 (PDF 468 kb)
Singapore Customs on Track to Prevail in Fight Against Illegal Cigarettes

Media Release dated 2 July 2008 (PDF 47 kb)
Singapore Customs Bust Cigarette Syndicate – Four Men Arrested, Two Illicit Stores Raided and 34,910 Packets of Duty-unpaid Cigarettes Seized

Media Release dated 27 June 2008 (PDF 33 kb)
Joint Operation Led to Arrest of 10 Syndicate Members and Seizure of 26,749 Packets of Contraband Cigarettes Worth Over $243,400

Media Release dated 24 June 2008 (PDF 44 kb)
Singapore Customs Seized Largest Haul of Duty-unpaid Cigarettes This Year - 233,500 Packets Stashed in Container, 6 Men Arrested

Media Release dated 18 June  2008 (PDF 44 kb)
Man Fined $95,000 for Fradulent Evasion of Duty & GST and for Furnishing False Information on Import of a Porsche Cayman Motor Car

Media Release dated 9 June 2008 (PDF 320 kb)
Joint Media Release by Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority - Calcium-Enriched Tobacco

Media Release dated 6 May 2008 (PDF 30 kb) 
Joint Media Release by Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority - Smuggling Attempt turns Turtle

Media Release dated 5 May 2008 (PDF
30 kb)
Illegal Peddler Sentenced to 10 months' Jail

Media Release dated 17 April 2008 (PDF 50 kb)
Singapore Customs Arrested Director for Fraudulent Evasion of over $795,350 in Liquor Duties and GST

Media Release dated 6 March 2008 (PDF
50 kb)
Wiping Out Illegal “Hot Deals” In Hotspots – Duty-Unpaid Cigarette Buyers and Sellers at Geylang in Hot Soups as Singapore Customs Intensifies Operations to Beef up Enforcement

Media Release dated 22 February 2008 (PDF 50 kb)
Singapore Customs Sting Operation Nabbed 68 Buyers and 8 Sellers, Over 2,000 Packets of Duty-Unpaid Cigarettes Seized

Media Release dated 6 February 2008 (PDF 12 kb)
Joint Media Statement by Singapore Customs and Singapore Police Force on Operation to Flush Out Cigarette Peddling

Media Release dated 31 January 2008 (PDF 12 kb)
Joint Media Statement by Singapore Customs, Singapore Police Force and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority on Operation to Flush Out Cigarette Peddling

Media Release dated 30 January 2008 (PDF 52 kb)
Stepped-up Operations Against Buyers - Over 6,000 Fined for Buying Illegal Cigarettes

Media Release dated 25 January 2008 ( PDF 29 kb)
Keynote Address at International Customs Day 2008 by Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister of State for Finance and Transport, on 25 January 2008, 11.15am, Suntec Convention Centre

Media Release dated 25 January 2008 (PDF  29 kb)
Welcome Address at International Customs Day by Mr Fong Yong Kian, Director-General, Singapore Customs, on 25 January 2008, 11.00am, Suntec Convention Centre

Media Release dated 22 January 2008 ( PDF  412 kb)
Singapore Customs Gets Tough on Cigarette Smuggling as Offenders Caught Jumps 153% to over 23,000

Joint SC-ICA Media Release dated 22 January 2008 (
PDF 55 kb)
High Speed Chase Cuts Off Delivery of Contraband Cigarettes



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