SINGAPORE, Dec. 7 -- Singapore Customs has seized more than 17,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes in what officials say is the largest inland enforcement haul of the year, with taxes avoided amounting to over S$1.87 million (RM5.9 million).

According to AsiaOne, four men - a 27-year-old Singaporean van driver and three Indian nationals aged 30, 36 and 39 - were picked up in two separate operations conducted on November 30 and December 1 in Pandan Loop and Jurong Port Road.

Customs officers first tailed a Singapore-registered van spotted reversing into the loading bay of an industrial building in Pandan Loop on November 30.

Three men were seen loading brown boxes into the vehicle, and subsequent checks uncovered 2,400 cartons of duty-unp...