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SINGAPORE: A Chinese national has been fined S$19,000 on Monday for smuggling cigarettes through parcel post.
Investigations revealed that 23—year—old Wang Zhong had arranged for a friend in Korea to send 160 packets of duty—unpaid cigarettes to him by post.
The duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the cigarettes amounted to S$1,228.
The parcel addressed to Wang was declared to contain foodstuff.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and the Singapore Customs say smuggling of cigarettes through parcel post is not new.
Since 2006, there have been 56 such cases. All offenders were charged in court or fined.