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Gotta catch ’em all: Man under Customs probe for not declaring over $30k of Pokemon cards at airport (www.straitstimes.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50962591

The Singapore Customs is investigating a case where a man entering Singapore did not declare that he was in possession of assorted Pokemon trading cards worth more than $30,000 in total.

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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I read the article.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Article could be better written. The govt site is clear it's about new items.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thus the confusion in my first comment. Governments play at least as fast and loose with their own rules as this dude did, and you're right, its stupid the article doesn't mention it at all.