{"id":64387,"date":"2020-03-04T12:57:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T04:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=64387"},"modified":"2020-03-04T13:15:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T05:15:58","slug":"mans-attempt-to-smuggle-cigarettes-to-spore-foiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=64387","title":{"rendered":"Man&#8217;s attempt to smuggle cigarettes to S&#8217;pore foiled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, March 4 (NNN-BERNAMA) \u2013 Singapore authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle a total of 1,376 cartons and 740 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes through a\u00a0Malaysia-registered bus on Feb 28 at the Tuas Checkpoint here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its latest update on its Facebook page, Singapore&#8217;s Immigration &amp; Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the case, involving a 26-year-old Malaysian man, has been referred to Singapore Customs for further investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detailing the event, the ICA said its officers\u2019 suspicions were aroused when they detected anomalies in the scanned images of the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vehicle was directed for further checks and the duty-unpaid cigarettes were found hidden in the overhead compartments of the bus, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bus is also liable to be forfeited, ICA said, adding that this method of concealment is a cause for concern as similar methods may be used by people with ill intent to smuggle security items into Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, March 4 (NNN-BERNAMA) \u2013 Singapore authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle a total of 1,376 cartons and 740 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes through a\u00a0Malaysia-registered bus on Feb 28 at the Tuas Checkpoint here. In its latest update on its Facebook page, Singapore&#8217;s Immigration &amp; Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the case, involving a 26-year-old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":14221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,300,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}