A Chinese Female Was Arrested With A Stock Of Foreign Made Cigarette Sticks At The Airport

A Chinese female was arrested by the Airport Customs officers this morning (27) with Cigarette cartons containing 20,980 Cigarette sticks manufactured in Dubai at the Katunayake,Bandaranaike International Airport .

The estimated value of the stock of Cigarettes taken in to custody by the Airport customs in possession of the suspected female is around Rs.1.49 million it has been revealed.

The suspect had been ordered to pay Rs,50,000 fine over smuggling foreign made Cigarettes to the country by the customs.