Two persons have been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake earlier today (19), while attempting to smuggle foreign-made cigarettes worth Rs. 5.94 million into the country.
The duo was arrested with the large consignment of foreign-made cigarettes by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) officers.
They had purchased the stock of cigarettes in Dubai and travelled to Sri Lanka onboard a flight from Kuwait.
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The arrested duo has been identified as businessmen from Trincomalee aged 33 and 45 years.
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They were in possession of 198 cartons containing 39,600 cigarettes at the time of the arrest.
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The suspects and the smuggled cigarettes are to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court.
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