Man gets additional 6 months' jail for contraband cigarette activities
Posted: 24 July 2012 1646 hrs
SINGAPORE: A man has been sentenced to an additional six months' jail for his involvement in contraband cigarette activities at the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) Building.
Indonesian Atlis Suryanto, 41, admitted to transporting S$80,000 from Singapore to Batam, Indonesia, where he passed the money to a person called "Indra" on three occasions between July and September 2011.
In the sentencing on Tuesday, the court was told that there were three shipments of the contraband.
On each occasion, Suryanto would come to Singapore before the shipment arrived to collect advance payment and take cigarette orders from a Singaporean known as "Ali Asjadi" at the PKMS Building.
The money collected would then be passed on to "Indra" in Batam.
On the day of the shipment, Suryanto would return to Singapore to help with the loading, unloading and transportation.
For his effort, he would be paid S$150 by "Ali" and 5 million Indonesia Rupiah (more than S$600) by "Indra" for each shipment.
Suryanto was found to have removed the illegal gains from Singapore's jurisdiction after the authorities received information in late September 2011.
Suryanto is currently serving a 15-month jail term.
He and three others were caught last September with contraband cigarettes at PKMS Building by Singapore Customs officers. More than 2,400 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized.
- CNA/wm
