Ahmad Khamis, a former security officer at Chevron Singapore's Penjuru Terminal, was sentenced to jail after admitting to accepting bribes and allowing a cigarette smuggling syndicate to operate at the terminal for over three years.
Jail for pair linked to bogus scheme with more than 2,000 Singapore investors, over S$13.7mil in losses
Ahmad pleaded guilty to four corruption charges and one charge under the Customs Act. Another nine corruption charges and one charge under the Act were taken into consideration for sentencing. Instead of stopping the syndicate, Ahmad, who was in need of money, entered into an arrangement with it.And so for more than three years from September 2019 to December 2022, the syndicate was able to smuggle an unknown amount of contraband cigarettes into Singapore.
But to get to the rubbish chute from the changing area, the buggy had to pass through the terminal’s main guardhouse. The case came to light only after Theku was arrested by officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in February 2023.
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