SINGAPORE, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Singapore authorities announced on Monday the seizure of e-vaporizers worth over 200,000 Singapore dollars (about 150,000 U.S. dollars), which were intended for sale in the country.

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said that the e-vaporizers were seized in two separate operations. On Feb. 28, the HSA uncovered around 5,000 e-vaporizers at a warehouse in Sungei Kadut, located in northern Singapore, and arrested two men, aged 32 and 31.

In a second operation on March 1, ICA officers at the Tuas Checkpoint flagged a lorry entering Singapore for enhanced checks, finding approximately 4,800 e-vaporizers. The 24-year-old male driver of the lorry is currently assisting with the investigation.

Singapore has implemented a strict ban on the importation, sale, distribution, possession, use, and purchase of e-cigarettes, vaporizers, and other imitation tobacco products in an effort to protect public health. (1 Singapore dollar equals 0.75 U.S. dollars) Enditem

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