Anti Narcotic Unit of the Airport
Customs had today arrested 05 Kurunagala Based Sri Lankan Businessmen who had attempted to smuggle 1464 Cigarette Cartons containing 292.800 Cigarette sticks illegally to The country at Katunayake International Airport today (18).
Customs officers earlier recovered 642 Cigarette Cartons with 128,400 cigarette sticks stored inside the 06 luggages of 05 Sri Lankan Businessmen who are of the ages 30-42 years .
Afterwards during a search operation carried out Customs officers recovered another stock of 822 Cigarette Cartons stored inside of another 13 luggages left near the Arrival Lounge of the Airport .
The five suspects had arrived in Sri Lanka from Dubai via Emirates Flight .
The estimated value of the stock of Cigarette Cartons taken in to custody is around Rs.10.75 million .
Customs officers earlier recovered 642 Cigarette Cartons with 128,400 cigarette sticks stored inside the 06 luggages of 05 Sri Lankan Businessmen who are of the ages 30-42 years .
Afterwards during a search operation carried out Customs officers recovered another stock of 822 Cigarette Cartons stored inside of another 13 luggages left near the Arrival Lounge of the Airport .
The five suspects had arrived in Sri Lanka from Dubai via Emirates Flight .
The estimated value of the stock of Cigarette Cartons taken in to custody is around Rs.10.75 million .
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