On 6 May 2023, officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) acted on information received from a member of the public and conducted a joint operation that uncovered fireworks concealed in a container shipment at Pasir Panjang Terminal. The shipment which was declared by an overseas consignor in China purportedly to be carrying general cargo was transiting through Singapore to Yemen. However, SPF and ICA’s checks showed that the shipment consisted of fireworks packed in 979 carton boxes, which were concealed among another 130 carton boxes containing plastic cups.