A 66-year-old male permanent resident was ordered to settle a BND5,000 fine for possessing undeclared cigarettes.
Leong Fuk will have to serve five months’ jail in default of payment of the fine.
Magistrate Syaffina binti Shahif heard from the Customs prosecuting officer that Customs preventive officers found the defendant to have kept two cartons, two packets and 15 sticks of cigarettes, all undeclared, at a business premises in Gadong at 3.19pm on January 5.
Cash of BND160 and SGD15 were also found at the premises, later confirmed to be proceeds from the illegal sales of undeclared cigarettes. The court also ordered the cigarettes destroyed and the cash forfeited. – Fadley Faisal
