DF in BOM transiting in SIN to MEL

[apj01]

Hi

I am flying from Mumbai back home to Oz soon and just read on the Qantas site that if you buy duty free alcohol and perfume from Mumbai airport "even in the sterile zone", it will be confiscated as it is not allowed on board the plane. See
Carry on Baggage - Country Specific


This seems odd and I have been trying to locate any info on this on the web and cannot see anything to confirm or deny this.

Has anyone got any info in this? Has anyone had any issues with DF at Mumbai International airport?

Also, if you transit SIN as I am, then according to the Qantas site again, "Customers who are entering Australia via transit in Singapore will not be allowed to carry duty free items purchased from previous sectors."

So does this mean that BOM DF will be confiscated in SIN?

Has anyone had any experience with this?

Thanks

 

[NM]

As you are transiting in SIN you are restricted by the Australian Government regulations applying to all international flights departing for Australia. The only way to carry liquids greater than 100ml onto an aircraft departing SIN for Australia is to purchase them in the SIN terminal duty-free shops and have them seal into a tamper-evident bag with the receipt showing inside the bag, and then delivered to the boarding gate after the security screening point.

As there is no way to have your Indian duty-free packaged in this manner and delivered to the gate at SIN, you cannot take it into the cabin in SIN. You would need to exit through SIN immigration and customs, find suitable packaging, and have a Qantas Check-in agent accept it as checked bagged into the aircraft hold.

Its probably easier to just purchase the DF at SIN during the transit.