More than $2 million worth of vaporizers, components, e-liquids and other illegal tobacco products have been seized in Singapore. Authorities are calling the discovery the “largest haul” in the city-state to date.
Acting on a tip-off, officers from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) inspected an industrial storage facility located north, towards the border with Malaysia. They discovered 10,057 vapes, 48,822 vaporizer components, and large quantities of vape juice, according to a press release.
“This is the largest seizure haul of tobacco products by HSA, in terms of the volume and street value of e-vaporizers,” officials said in a statement, adding that the products had an estimated street value of $2,260,825. No arrests have been made but HSA said that three people were currently “assisting in investigations.” The authority also revealed that more than 170 vape raids were carried out between 2018 and 2020.