Singapore Customs Intercepted Over 5,900 Electronic Cigarette Products. The Case Has Been Handed Over To The Investigation Department.

According to a report by The Straits Times on August 6th, officials from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) of Singapore demonstrated an enhanced inspection method at the Uyong Leng checkpoint on August 4th, revealing how vehicles were modified to hide large quantities of e-cigarettes.
The smuggling method is more covert: Criminal gangs modify cars to hide e-cigarettes; common hiding locations include: spare tire compartment, engine hood, under the seats, side panels of the luggage compartment, air filter box, etc.; even disguised in food cargo for transportation.
Increased seizure results: 308 cases of e-cigarette smuggling were detected in 2024; from January 2024 to March 2025, a total value of 41 million Singapore dollars worth of e-cigarettes were seized, which is five times the total amount from 2019 to 2023; ICA has cracked 44,000 cases of prohibited items, an increase of 2.3% year-on-year.
Technological means assist: All incoming trucks and buses must pass through X-ray scanning gates; cars and motorcycles can also be inspected using mobile X-ray equipment.
Typical cases: July 24th: 5,900 e-cigarette vaporizers were seized in Uyong Leng; July 29th: 2,400 were seized at the Tengah checkpoint; August 5th: 150 boxes of e-cigarette sticks and components were found in the vehicle seats, engine hoods, etc.