Fine for each case smuggled = $500.
Cost of cigarette in Singapore = $11.20
You do the Math.
I've heard several near-arrest stories from friends of friends. There was this artist who was held by immigration because they thought he looked subversive. He wasn't worried about that. He was thinking of the cigarettes in his luggage. Good thing the officers personally escorted him out of immigration and customs after realizing he was harmless.
There was this guy who left a ream of cigarettes in the bus. Stupidly, he wrote his name all over the packaging. You know, just in case it gets lost. The police tracked him down, and he spent the night in jail until his amo in Manila could send money to pay his fine.
Then there was this Pinoy who was smoking on the lobby of his condo. Undercover police sidles up to him, asks for a light, then asks what he's smoking. Kaboom! "Did you pay for the duties?" "No, I smuggled it!" Ayun, huli siya.
But the best story I heard was this guy in a bar. Same style as the undercover police, but this time police says, I have the right to search your car. There, he sees boxes and boxes of smuggled cigs. I have the right to search your house. There he sees more cigarettes -- and pirated DVDs.
The poor guy was just having a drink!
So, kabayan, don't smuggle na your Hope or Philip. Not worth it.
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