SINGAPORE: A total of 115 travellers were caught at Changi Airport for failing to declare dutiable and taxable goods, Singapore Customs and the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) said on Monday (May 29).
These travellers failed to declare and pay duties and Goods and Services Tax (GST) on cigarettes and tobacco products, liquor in excess of their duty-free allowance and taxable goods exceeding their GST import relief allowance.
The joint enforcement operation from May 15 to May 21 saw enhanced luggage checks for inbound travellers at the arrival halls of all Changi Airport terminals.
In one instance, a Singaporean man was fined after he was found with five undeclared luxury bags that he and his girlfriend bought overseas. The bags were valued at S$13,825 (US$10,223) and the amount of GST involved was S$1,106.