Search and examination officers at Singapore’s checkpoints have to detect and intercept contraband before it enters the country. In 2023, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) foiled 43,000 such cases across its air, land and sea checkpoints.
Here’s what officers like Belinda look out for when a suspicious vehicle pulls up at the Woodlands Checkpoint, at the Johor-Singapore Causeway - one of the world’s busiest land crossings.
00:00 Introduction
00:53 How smugglers modified the car to hide contraband
02:55 Total contraband haul
03:31 Fate of the smuggler
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ABOUT THE SHOW: On a long weekend with half a million travellers passing through Woodlands Checkpoint, ICA officers there must be on their toes, dealing with immigration clearance and cases of contraband smuggling.
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