mid-year report 2012 immigration & checkpoints authority - ICA
mid-year report 2012 immigration & checkpoints authority - ICA
mid-year report 2012 immigration & checkpoints authority - ICA
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EMERGING TREND: Concealment in parcels<br />
13. Smugglers have been trying to bring in<br />
controlled/prohibited items by means of parcels.<br />
Between January and June <strong>2012</strong>, <strong>ICA</strong> officers detected 19<br />
cases of partial/incomplete declaration of parcels. For<br />
the same period in 2011 and 2010, there were four and<br />
one case detected respectively. Some of the common<br />
items uncovered through such modus operandi include<br />
sexual enhancement pills, airsoft guns and cigarettes (see<br />
photos on the right).<br />
14. The same method of concealment could similarly<br />
be employed by terrorists to smuggle security-sensitive<br />
materials such as weapons into Singapore.<br />
COMMON SIGHT: Concealment in conveyances<br />
ILLICIT CIGGIES HIDDEN IN MODIFIED COMPARTMENTS<br />
WHAT’S INSIDE THE BOX?<br />
Sexual enhancement pills<br />
Airsoft guns<br />
Cigarettes<br />
15. Contraband smuggling cases involving duty-unpaid cigarettes stashed in modified<br />
compartments at various parts of conveyances continue to be a common sight at the <strong>checkpoints</strong>.<br />
(From left: under Emergency Exit staircase of bus; car rear bumper; rear passenger seat)<br />
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