Airport Customs Officers Arrested A Sri Lankan Attempted To Smuggle A Stock Of An Expensive Wallapatta

Airport Customs Officers had last night(21) arrested a Sri Lankan  who attempted to illegally smuggle 26 Kilos of expensive "Wallapatta" or "Gyrinops Walla" use to manufacture an expensive perfumes ,to Chennai -India at the Katunayake,Bandaranaike International Airport.

The Customs Officers had fined the 37 year old suspect who is a resident  in Kuliapitiya area with Rs.100,000 fine  and detained him to investigate further on the incident.

The stock of Wallapatta taken into custody  concealed in a baggage and brought to the Airport it has been revealed.The value of the stock has been estimated as Rs.1.2 million.