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A man watches helplessly as a customs officer removes a carton of contraband cigarettes from his car. He was stopped by the police after being spotted buying contraband cigarettes from peddlers along Woodlands Road. -- ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG

One of the illegal cigarette peddlars being taken away by customs officers in a raid. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

The illegal cigarettes kept in a cardboard box, which was kept in a locked cupboard at a construction site canteen. -- PHOTO: THE STAR PUB

Contraband cigarettes seized on March 11, 2011 by Singapore Customs. Cigarette smugglers are now packaging illegal cigarettes with health warnings to make them look more legitimate. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE CUSTOMS

Contraband cigarettes found in a suitcase during a raid by customs and excise officers on an illegal cigarette syndicate operating at a budget hotel in Geylang. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE CUSTOMS

Contraband cigarettes found in the cupboard during a raid by customs and excise officers on an illegal cigarette syndicate operating at a budget hotel in Geylang. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE CUSTOMS

May 19, 2011 Over 40,000 packets of illegal cigarettes seized OVER 40,000 packets of illegal cigarettes, with total duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) exceeding $300,000 were seized by Singapore Customs on May 5, it revealed on Thursday. Two locally-registered vehicles were also...

May 18, 2011 Rooftop murder of maid: Bangladeshi worker charged By Elena Chong The body of an Indonesian domestic worker was removed from the scene. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA A BANGLADESHI maintenance worker was charged with the murder of an Indonesian domestic worker at the...

May 18, 2011 Teen sent to Reformative Training Centre By Khushwant Singh SENT to the Singapore Boys' Home for two years in May 2010 for theft, Arjun Retnavelu could not stay out of trouble for long. In October 2010, he punched a fellow inmate, seriously injuring the victim's face...

Anger in China over 'super rich club' meetings in Forbidden City Attempts to use the Forbidden City in Beijing as a venue for an elite Billionaire's Club have caused uproar on the Chinese internet, highlighting the rising envy of ordinary Chinese towards the...

'Exploding' watermelons hit farmers in China A rash of "exploding" watermelons has hit farmers in eastern China after they sprayed their crops too liberally with growth-accelerating chemicals...

May 17, 2011 Maid's body found in HDB water tank By Elizabeth Soh & Kimberly Spykerman Any health risk? It depends on the facts A DOCTOR specialising in infectious diseases advised residents of the Woodlands block where a body was found in a water tank to stay calm as the full facts...

May 13, 2011 Man jailed for 19-year-old murder By Selina Lum FOR 19 years, the brutal killing of a 32-year-old housewife, stabbed 26 times in her Bukit Batok flat, remained unsolved. Then in 2009, the case was re-opened; the new investigating officer interviewed her relatives - a step...

May 12, 2011 Company director jailed 2 months for corruption By...

May 11, 2011 Retiree jailed, fined $50K for illegal 4D racket By Khushwant Singh A retired fishmonger was jailed a month and fined $50,000 for helping a crime syndicate run an illegal lottery for more than a year. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN A RETIRED fishmonger was jailed a month and...

May 9, 2011 Trio jailed over $650,000 theft from vessel By Elena Chong THREE men behind the theft of 1 million Fiji dollars (S$650,000) belonging to the Reserve Bank of Fiji were jailed on Monday. Abdul Quadir Katu Miah, 39, a time-keeper and container-checker, pleaded guilty to five...

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May 4, 2011 Retiree jailed, fined, for illegal 4D racket...

Apr 20, 2011 Robbers posed as NEA officers Six men took $112k after tying up girl, woman and maid By Elena Chong & Jalelah Abu Baker Tay was sentenced to 31/2 years' jail and six strokes of the cane. HOUSEWIFE Ong Siew Hong did not panic when she realised the 'National...

Apr 19, 2011 Two men get jail and caning for house robbery By Elena Chong TWO men were jailed on Tuesday for robbery. Tay Chuan Bock, 48, a contractor, was given 31/2 years' jail and six strokes of the cane for robbing and restraining a housewife with five others at her house off...