Air Port Customs Officers Have Detained Three Suspects With 400 Cigarrette Cartons While Attempting To Smuggle Them To The Country

Three Persons including two females and a male were detained  by the Sri Lanka  Customs Officers early hours yesterday(24)at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Air Port  while attempting to smuggle 400 Cigarette Cartons to the country valued around Rs
2.8 million.

During the inspection customs officers had recovered 400 cartons of cigarettes packed with  80,000 sticks in the bags of the suspects .

Customs Officers are conducting further Investigations on the incident.