Customs facilitates cross-border trade to optimize business environment in SW China By VIVIAN YAN | ichongqing.info | Updated: 2021-02-08 11:25 Last year, Chongqing Customs carried out in-depth special actions to facilitate cross-border trade and optimize ports business environment. [iChongqing File Photo]
Chongqing - The number of trains pulled out through China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing) ranked top two in China. According to the latest statistics released by Chongqing Customs, its volume of transport containers ranked the first across the country in 2020.
Last year, Chongqing Customs carried out in-depth special actions to facilitate cross-border trade and optimize ports business environment. Thereby, the efficiency of import and export at ports in Chongqing was rapidly improved.
SINGAPORE - A 33-year-old Chinese national was arrested on Jan 29 with 2,300 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes hidden in boxes labelled dried noodles , said Singapore Customs on Wednesday (Feb 3).
He was arrested during an operation on Jan 29 at a back lane between Tuas South Street 1 and Street 3.
Customs officers saw the man walking towards a van that they suspected held illegal cigarettes, and moved in when he unlocked the door. Inspecting the van, they found brown carton boxes labelled “dried noodles” with duty-unpaid cigarettes inside.
The man was arrested on the spot.
Investigations by Singapore Customs revealed that the man was engaged by another man, who is currently unidentified, to deliver duty-unpaid cigarettes to buyers using the van.
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A total of 2,300 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized. (Photo: Singapore Customs)
03 Feb 2021 03:34PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old Chinese national has been arrested and 2,300 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes seized at a back lane in Tuas, the Singapore Customs said on Wednesday (Feb 3).
During the operation on Jan 29, Customs officers saw the man walking towards a van parked at the back lane between Tuas South Street 1 and Tuas South Street 3.
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Officers suspected that there were contraband cigarettes inside the Singapore-registered van.