SINGAPORE: The number of contraband cases detected at Singapore's checkpoints in 2018 was the highest annual figure recorded, the Immigration and ...
SINGAPORE: The number of contraband cases detected at Singapore's checkpoints in 2018 was the highest annual figure recorded, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said on Wednesday .
"This is of concern because the sheer size of such vehicles allows large quantities of contraband items or even security-sensitive materials such as toxic industrial chemicals and explosives to be concealed within the consignments or the modified compartments of these vehicles," said the authority. During further checks of its consignment, ICA officers found 6,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes which were concealed among printer parts and roller scanners.The number of harbourers and employers of immigration offenders arrested last year also increased by about 13 per cent to 340 compared to 300 in 2017, said ICA.
"IOs who are undocumented present a security risk and may resort to crimes to sustain their livelihood." Separately, the number of immigration offenders arrested dropped in 2018 by about 8.9 per cent to 1,071 from 1,176 the previous year.ICA attributed the dip partly to its biometric identification system that scans travellers' fingerprints and has been progressively implemented across all checkpoints since 2016.
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