By Carolyn Quek

HE used a military vehicle as the perfect cover for his illicit operations, smuggling contraband cigarettes out of the Changi Naval Base last August.

On Tuesday, full-time national serviceman Ang Zi Heng, 22, was jailed for 16 months for accepting 16 to 18 cartons of illegal cigarettes in return for helping some members of the Indonesian navy smuggle the contraband.

The prosecution pressed the court for a deterrent sentence.

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