Indian Customs on alert for travellers recruited at airports including Changi to smuggle gold. str.sg/iYMY Follow The Straits Times on KZread: str.sg/ytsub

@VellanSubrumaniam

7 ай бұрын

Nope, indian customs officials are dirty bstrds. They close eyes on smuglers and act strict on innocent people. That "dirty hindu" people will disturb hindu woman foreigners wearing sacred gold "thali" like a gold smuggler while actual gold smugglers are left by closed eye.

This gold smuggling to India have been going on for decades. Another is buying shopping receipt for GST refund at some big shopping mall which is patronized by foreign worker and tourist from one particular country.

In 2006, I was working in Singapore. While traveling to india, I was approached by a person to carry a packet till chennai airport. I am well aware of the consequences of accepting unknown parcels at an airport. I casually enquired about the contents and he showed around 250gm of gold chains neatly packed! He offered me SGD 80 for carrying till chennai. But I refused it immediately sensing unforseen trouble. These are common at Changi airport everyday.

i remember wen i was a kid travelling alone these ppl asked me if can wear some gold on me. luckly my parents near me at tht time told dont take anything from strangers. its still quite common now.

This has been happening since the 1980s and is an open secret. Not just gold but other luggage as well in yesteryears. I am surprised the media has just 'woken up' to this. And fantastic to push all blame to work permit holders. One should ask which legitimate employer will tolerate a work permit holder who engages constantly in these kinds of activities.

@5kplamse

7 ай бұрын

Singapore standards of reporting not very high

@user-jx8db3wi7g

7 ай бұрын

100%

I WAS STALKED ,n TORTURED IN THE SAME WAY BEFORE,ESPECIALLY IN TERMINAL 1,VERY RARE FOR THEM TO STALK TERMINAL 3,a world number 1 airport needs too 1st hav safety!n i wonder How this the police or airport surveillance are blind on this

@kaiserschnitselsr.9228

6 ай бұрын

with your mask on you deserve it; twat

If 10,000 sporeans motorists go over to JB.. pump petrol at JB and head back to S'pore .. these 10,000 S'poreans motorists are considered smuggling petrol???

Nice investigative journalism!

Must be alert with these offenders never befriend this culprits passengers never even offer to help even they seek to take care of their luggage s which might lead to crime activities airport authorities should be always be on alert with these criminals

You never know what they might add extra such as drug etc. It could a traveller worse nightmare. From Singapore Changi Airport straight to hell with transit in India prison. One way flight with no return.

Gold price increase a lot and its impressive that syndicate are so creative nowadays 😂

Good report and helpful to know. We all need to be aware of suspicious behaviours at high security places like the airport. It matters what foreigners hear about the reputation of Sg having strict laws against money laundering . Much like the disembarkation forms they fill out when they enter, and reading about the law against carrying drugs, I think some action like the posting of notices around the airport could serve to educate and warn passengers from carrying anything for someone else thinking it to be seemingly innocuous.

Please arrest them all. I can’t take it. Whenever I return to India. They keep on asking 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@jmatt98

6 ай бұрын

Just go with a fake passport and say yes to all the smugglers. change your flight to the Maldives.

@santhoshkrishnan1594

6 ай бұрын

@@jmatt98 what the f… you want.?

Leave the gold issue aside for the time being, resolve the increasing frequency of maid and foreign workers' fights at paya lebar 🙄Would ST care to place some spotlight so that the authorities will take action?

@hbk2806

7 ай бұрын

Agree.. Gov Just don't seem care on foreign issues in Singapore

@user-pm5qq2kx9r

7 ай бұрын

Wat an irony, Sg is so small, yet garment can bring in so much FW yet cannot control them in tis little red dot🤦‍♀️

@joantan8543

7 ай бұрын

@Broskisnowski I take offence with your comments. What does "your people" means? R u saying singapore citizens fight? Which citizen in which country doesn't but when you fight in a foreign land where u r supposed to work to give a better life to your family back home, no locals will tolerate because you bring unrest. From the way you phrased it, are you a working foreigner here? If so, u have no rights to comment how we locals want safety and peace in our country, in our home, we vehemently object to imported violence, so u 🤐

@htetnaingoo86

7 ай бұрын

First u singaporean want to work as maid , construction, hard labour job pls ask urself ? 😅😂.

@joantan8543

7 ай бұрын

@@htetnaingoo86 so u work here on charity? From my pov, i welcome n thank all those construction workers, cleaners, garbage collectors, road builders, and domestic helpers who contribute in our economy and never once say they steal jobs from locals. But i do not condone imported violence and any activities that run foul of our laws. U would feel the same if the tables were turned.

Happening for a long time can see many people in sg airport .. everyone knows it but all close eyes . If u cross Little India in weekends near mrt you can see many sayings Hans Hans no idea how they get as it is not legal to sell in Singapore

The whole idea of gold being smuggled is weird. Just let them bring it in.

@kgtc

7 ай бұрын

People buying gold will limit banks' ability to print money since spent currency will cause inflation.

If I get the chance, I will vanish with the gold😂😂😂

@BP-sf7br

6 ай бұрын

You can't..they are connected to underworld, they will eventually find u... So stay away, stay safe.

Dear ST please bring out little india selling illegal hans tobacco. These hans tabacoo not healthy. Also banned in Singapore

@1965Singaporean

7 ай бұрын

Hello India labourer need to release stress too. Don't be xenophobic

@thamilhumanity324

7 ай бұрын

@@1965Singaporean hans tobacco banned in Singapore

I was also approached by a person when I was checking in my bag... He was a tamilian... Mostly tamilians are the ones who do these kind of criminal activities... One of the airport staff was nearby and I approached to tell her but he was gone when I turned back..

South Indians knew this from long time. There's also a Tamil language movie Ayan (2009) made on this topic.

@keetvhdlimited962

7 ай бұрын

Yes

What if I take the gold the gold and commission and don't hnad over the gold in India?

There are phone and second hand clothes mule at the ferry terminal as well

Nothing can do. They recruited customes officers in Indian airport also. Just pay some money to them and can go out without any checking. It's called setting. They will inform to the officers before the gold travel so they take photo of passport, ticket and person. Nothing can do with it

Police should take action.

but if I bring in gold to Singapore,any weight limit?

@Truth_seeker-bl5mi

7 ай бұрын

Yes ur weight.. 😂😂

Why release now ?

@loveme6067

7 ай бұрын

Money laundering and financing militants..

U very late its happen 7 years before i go home some one come ask me till now airport hace one big group of team doing this one week before i go send my frd also they aproch me

Isnt the price of gold same globally? Why smuggle

Yes true

Welcome to Singapore! Low Crime not No Crime!

@saadbinrehman8186

6 ай бұрын

And also smart crime. This type of smuggling comes under SMART CRIME.

Can't fart without a plain clothes police officer jumping out of a bush to fine you, but you'll allow this to happen in the middle of the airport with security cameras everywhere?

@eugeneteo9664

6 ай бұрын

not interested in some shrimp only big lobster will do.

South-east Asia is where smuggling happens a lot from human trafficking to smuggling goods.

Even hand watches are dismantled and smuggle to India..

some say someone asked to take an elephant in thier suitcase to India.

If the security wasn't taking bribes,that might be able to catch them.😁😁😁😁

Nobody asked me anything about the bracelet i was wearing on my wrist whist entering and exiting india

@boitiechee

6 ай бұрын

Ahh, that's because it's fake.

World best airport security officer sleeping 😴

If someone using 1kg gold jewelry from his own country to Singapore, and from Singapore back to his country, what will apply to him when enter and leave Singapore? Is he must pay something, Singapore will not seize his own gold jewelry right ?

@user-we8hi4yu6

6 ай бұрын

he have to declare that before immigration and immigration to both country, that it is fine

@user-we8hi4yu6

6 ай бұрын

and if he sell the gold without proper tax, and find out later that it is offence and have pay fine + 3 times tax that it going to apply normaly

Very common in KLIA also

Govt should step in...

@RH-vd3yu

7 ай бұрын

You think they dont know? They know

@dooms8870

7 ай бұрын

if the gov didnt step in 50 years ago, our singapore will be run by corrupt officials and gang syndicates by now.

@5kplamse

7 ай бұрын

why govt need to step in? this has been going on for decades. meaning govt don't care.

@user-df2mq2to2t

7 ай бұрын

@@5kplamse believe in system bro... Hope govt will take strict action to prevail bad things happen here

@chriskoay1038

7 ай бұрын

Gov purposely close eyes to CECA overlord.

SG should enact laws to prohibit these touts from operating at the airport

@boitiechee

6 ай бұрын

Really? They making too much money ready mataining SGP for your lazy a$$? How bout when you drop them off a 5 or 10 dollar for cleaning around all your sh!t you leave outside your HDB?

Why they don’t not do. This kind of team is indigo in Singapore.

I too experienced such kind of approach but i refused to carry.

@1965Singaporean

7 ай бұрын

😂 u traitor, u should help ur country

@hydrodiscosteely2534

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@1965Singaporean SO FUNNY WOW I AM TOTALLY LAUGHING HA HA

In India, they call it Gold Diggers.

SoOOoo....by right is legal to bring gold out

@fidelcatsro6948

7 ай бұрын

Yes sg no crime ..but India has laws against Gold being brought in from outside because it affects the sales of the local gold market there..

Restrict the work permits for this group of people into Singapore.

"When you open the window, inadvertantly some flies will fly in" - Ridout King Shan-ge

"Gold from Dubai and S'pore has higher quality" - What is this? Unless its chinese gold then gold is gold 😂

@tangocharlie02

6 ай бұрын

Purity

Whats the issue with taking gold into India ??

Better not to deal with these people. You will be in lots of prob once reach india. Jail is not too far and unpleasant scenes will happens. Easy money doesn't mean easy ride after that. Bye.

@1965Singaporean

7 ай бұрын

Nonsense lah. Just bribe will do. India love corruption 😂

Don’t carry for this people. They approach naive ones. Ignore and move on! Greedy fellows!

Thanks government

Gotta love foreign talents!

Never carry ANYTHING for ANYONE, its not worth it. Let them Post their stuff.

Better to lift the ban on all the items to regularise the market price. Why its finding way to India because local market price is higher and quality is an issue. All latin American countries have legalised coca cultivation. If the ban is removed, one will find a perfect market in one month. It's not a food item to worry about food security of respective country

I don't see why they can't be approached to carry 20gms of gold which is legally allowed, unless, of course, the 20 gms is taxed by Indian immigration.

@spateri728

6 ай бұрын

I think the gold market in India is highly regulated and is worth more than its regular price around the world. I remember hearing this year's ago worming in gold mining but not sure if it's true.

@user-we8hi4yu6

6 ай бұрын

it will damage both country economy, gold is regulated in every country for import and export this people allow to take any amount of gold, but they have to decleare that gold is their and have to pay proper tax, mostly this tax is related to income tax, which did pay in any of the country

@davelawson2564

6 ай бұрын

@@user-we8hi4yu6 what nobody talks is how greedy indian govt is , its only country that taxes 18% gst on gold. 20 gm is allowed legally and not taxed , Above that is seized !

Imagine turning yourself into a criminal for $80

This so stupid. People invent all kinds of problems for themselves

They also buy their SIM cards and sell them to loansharks and scammers…

This what they're call talented... needed..pls come🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂

I’ll give him $80 and tell him to FO.

All sorts of illegal activities are conducted in Little India and China town but maybe our Govt closing both eyes or are clueless. This activities are happening for decades

These people paid for the gold. They never rob or steal.. straits time so kaypoh...

@kgtc

7 ай бұрын

Buying gold reduces investment in equity markets, which hurts stock investments that the common people are heavily invested in.

It's true

20 /40 gram is legal ..so why this news important ? 😂😂😂

PAP please wake up for too much foreign talents with more crime

@boitiechee

6 ай бұрын

Yeah these FTs are the reason why we have: Meth around the locals An increase of second Vietnamese girlfriends It's those guys who hind in a toilet over night to murder a child at their sane school. Father's murdering their twin sons. Son murdering mama & grandma Majority of people lowing their mileage from first purchase. To JB being soooo deadly and stealing SG cars. Nothing to do with owner can not afford to make repayments on time. No no lah, it's all the ang mohs fault. Coming here, sending their children to international or paying nearly as much to sand to local schools. They don't understand about the stuggles of obtaining bto or choosing to let maids and day care raise their princes & princesses of the HDB on WhatsApp & wechat videos to 'educate' them. Yes it's all the foreign takents fault, why more locals are divorcing and commiting suicide.

SG desperately needs tighter security.... hopefully its not a safe haven for criminals I'am surprised,S.gurds can work 24hrs daily.😮

Where are all the law enforcers then?

@fidelcatsro6948

7 ай бұрын

Busy chasing pmds

In every country around the world it's drugs, but in case of India it's Gold

Aiyo… Go and catch lah..

Sedap.

NICE!! Free Gold just take it.

How terrorism is funded...? No violance!!!

As long as Singapore gets its bounty, Singapore should mind its own business. The gold has been purchased legally in Singapore and if they can produce an official receipt, Singapore has no moral right to stop anyone carrying gold or any other item as lin as its not stolen. Even in the money laundering case, they waited till the loot got fat as a geese and then then took everything.

@SeanOptimoa

6 ай бұрын

Did you even pay attention to the video?

@inceldetector6148

6 ай бұрын

@@SeanOptimoa the video just says "gold smuggling can be considered as money laundering" while providing 0 evidence that those in the video are laundering

@sisamusudroka3000

6 ай бұрын

Just because you can't see me taking a shit doesn't mean you can't smell it. ​@@inceldetector6148

@HoneyBumblebee300

6 ай бұрын

If the gold was purchased legally then why not use legal routes to take it out of the country instead of asking travellers to carry it at their own risk? This is money laundering and smuggling.

Allegations without substance in this video.

@saadbinrehman8186

6 ай бұрын

The problem is with Indian laws not Singaporean one.

In Tanah Melayu also happening tak heran I m sure authorities tahu it's greasing business as usual and it's SELESAY

@No_mercy8808

7 ай бұрын

Tanah melayu pala utoh hang!!

Talk so much about moonlighting, everyday 500,000 Malaysians cross the border on work permits….how many of them moonlighting and doing other jobs besides that is stated on their work permits? Why never catch them?

@loveme6067

7 ай бұрын

Some don't even have permits.. daily cash,as long they don't do harm

@BlackShadowX88-te5pm

7 ай бұрын

@@loveme6067 bullshit no harm. Stealing jobs away from Singaporeans and making salaries even lower.

Only certain people can moonlight.

look like indians frm Tamilnadu...gosh..arent these Tamilnadu guys creates dark history in Singapore , Little India in 2013??

A boost for singapore retail business. Let these mules be mules. Just close one eye lah.

Recruite me pls ... need that extra income ...

SPF allowing them or still 💤

@capricorn839

7 ай бұрын

Go to the police station and report to the superior about your claim........with solid proofs. Dare or not ?

@desgner_droz8716

7 ай бұрын

Nothing tells entitled and sheltered with very limited life experience than believing institutions like the police can solve moduses and other crimes in 5 seconds like superman. Grow up

@fidelcatsro6948

7 ай бұрын

Not an offence here to bring out gold.. the offence is in India which restricts gold imports from other country

You all think that it is easy to control a country? Whether it is small or big country, it is still hard to control. You think it is easy and go ahead and work for the government. What do you mean, "The government seem not to care." Do you have the proof? If not because of government actions, Singapore will not be that safe as it is today.

Sigh, Singapore really becoming full of crimes cause of all these work permit holders 😢

Those India man like to buy gold.. This is part of they are standard.. 🤣🤣🤣

@loveme6067

7 ай бұрын

Gold is GOD

@hydrodiscosteely2534

7 ай бұрын

SO FUNNY JIMMY WOW I AM TOTALLY LAUGHING HE HA

Mostly Tamils 👨🏿‍🦱

Indian like gold

@ritadonita144

7 ай бұрын

YESSS THEY LIKE TO BUY GOLD

@onlineshoppingjakarta7338

7 ай бұрын

@Broskisnowski I prefer beautiful girl

Indians 😅😅😅 as usual everywhere and in Everything

@hydrodiscosteely2534

7 ай бұрын

ofc chinese the one who caused covid

CECA at work.

@naturemeditation3751

7 ай бұрын

if you can’t afford buy steel

@chriskoay1038

7 ай бұрын

@@naturemeditation3751 they come here steel country. Doesn't even feel like Singapore. Look at marina bay

@naturemeditation3751

7 ай бұрын

@@chriskoay1038 for that you have some options but comments section on youtube is not one of them- you can move to a different country or go complain to your local government office or tell them who you are meeting on the streets you don’t want them there …then be ready for return gifts

Mostly man

@loveme6067

7 ай бұрын

That's their pride... status...

@theabyss8087

6 ай бұрын

All men are evil