Nearly 90 people caught for various offences in week-long, multi-agency operation at checkpoints

Eighty-eight people were caught for various offences, including failing to declare and pay taxes on cigarettes, in a week-long, multi-agency enforcement operation carried out across land, sea and air checkpoints.

- Aqil Hamzah

An Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officer conducting checks on a traveller bringing in cash to Singapore. A week-long operation caught 11 people trying to bring in cash or currency worth more than $20,000 without making a declaration, or with an inaccurate one.

(ICA)

In a joint statement on Oct 18, the police, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Singapore Customs and Health Sciences Authority said more than 14,000 travellers and 280 vehicles had gone through checks during the operation, which took place between Oct 9 and 15.

More than 11,700 pieces of luggage and hand-carry bags were scanned or searched, the authorities added, as part of efforts to “detect and enforce against noncompliance with Singapore’s cross-border cash reporting regime and other illegal cross-border smuggling activities”.