Sexual Enhancement Drugs Hidden As ‘Clothes & Toys’ In Smuggling Attempt, ICA Notices Weird X-Rays

Sexual Enhancement Drugs Hidden As ‘Clothes & Toys’ In Packages At Changi Airfreight Centre

It seems that no matter how on the ball our Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is, some people will still attempt to smuggle illegal products into Singapore.

We’ve heard of people trying to bring in drugs, cigarettes, and even animals into Singapore. Now people are giving the ICA a, ahem, hard time by attempting to smuggle in sexual enhancement medicines.

Source

The discovery was revealed by the ICA in a Facebook post on Friday (11 Sep).

Source

Packages declared to be ‘clothes & toys’

According to the ICA, the discovery was made at the Changi Airfreight Centre on Tuesday (8 Sep). That means the items presumably came via air.

Officers were conducting X-ray checks on packages that were declared to be “clothes & toys”.

However, they noticed “anomalies” in the packages.

Further inspection revealed 42.5kg worth of sexual enhancement products.

Source

 

The ICA has referred the case to the Health Sciences Authority for further investigation, it said.

Concern over concealment method

The ICA also expressed concern over the method that was used to conceal the goods.

It said that similar methods may be used by others to smuggle products that pose a security threat to Singapore.

Thus, it will continue to conduct checks on passengers, good and vehicles.

Gun replicas intercepted from shipment

Further illustrating the security threat to Singapore from smuggling, the ICA said in an earlier Facebook post on Wednesday (9 Sep) that it had intercepted gun replicas that presumably came via ship.

Source

At Tanjong Pagar Scanning Station, which checks on cargo arriving via sea, a container was being scanned on 6 Sep.

It contained a consolidated consignment that was declared as toys and household items.

More anomalies found from scanning

From the scanning, officers again found anomalies in the shipment.

Thus, they unstuffed the consignment at the importer’s premises.

They then found 4 gun replicas, as well as various accessories.

Source

The case has since been referred to the Singapore Police Force for investigations.

Concealment method may be used by terrorists

The items on 6 Sep may have been gun replicas, but they could just have easily been real guns.

Thus, the ICA also warned about this method of concealment. Apparently, terrorists may smuggle arms and explosives into Singapore in the same way.

These weapons can be used to carry out attacks in Singapore.

The ICA will hence continue to look out for dangerous contraband items like these at our checkpoints.

Keeping our borders safe

While the danger of weapons doesn’t need to be explained, sexual enhancement drugs are also risky as if they’ve not been tested and approved by the relevant authorities, they may contain harmful ingredients.

Kudos to the ICA for keeping our borders safe by stopping the import of these potentially harmful items into Singapore.

So we would advise those aiming to test the ICA further: Don’t.

Featured image adapted from Facebook.

Jeremy Lee

Analog person making do with a digital world.

Recent Posts

Passenger on US flight slammed for bringing Great Dane as ’emotional support’ dog

On the other hand, some said they'd prefer sitting next to a massive dog than…

23 Dec 2024, 10:12 am

Nearly 20 cats abandoned in Bedok flat filled with rubbish, some injured after jumping from windows

Some sustained injuries after jumping from windows, while others starved to death.

23 Dec 2024, 9:52 am

Continuous heavy traffic expected at S’pore-JB checkpoints till end of 2024: ICA

A record of more than 553,000 travellers crossed both checkpoints on 13 Dec.

22 Dec 2024, 7:25 pm

H5N1 poses ‘highest risk’ of becoming next pandemic, S’pore health authorities monitoring situation

There has been no year-end Covid-19 wave, as had been expected.

22 Dec 2024, 6:42 pm

Wagyu beef worth S$5,700 found in car entering JB from S’pore, M’sian driver arrested

The beef was imported without a veterinary health certificate and halal certification.

22 Dec 2024, 5:40 pm

Long queue forms at Jalan Besar Stadium for tickets to ASEAN Championship semi-final

One fan started queueing as early as 7am.

22 Dec 2024, 4:50 pm