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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

A Person Was Arrested With 142 Illegal Cigarette Cartons

Airport Customs Officers have today

(05)arrested a Sri Lankan who had attempted to smuggle 142 Cigarette Cartons containing foreign made Cigarettes illegally to Sri Lanka from Dubai at Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport .

The suspected who had arrived in from Dubai has hidden the Cigarette Cartons inside his luggage it has been revealed .

He is a resident of Kelaniya area according to Customs .

Four Persons Had Been Injured And Hospitalized Due To A Van Collision

Four persons had been injured and hospitalized after the Two vans they were travelling in

colliding with each other and toppled over the Chilaw-Colombo main road at Madampe City this morning (05).

The injured had been admitted to the Chilaw Base Hospital for treatment and their condition is not serious according to reports.The injured are residents of Kilinochchi District it has been revealed.

Two Persons Arrested With 110 Kilo Grammes Of Heroin

Officers attached to Anti Narcotic Unit

of Excise Department have today (05)arrested two persons with 110 Kilo Grammes of Heroin at Wellawatta and Piliyandala areas .

The haul of Heroin taken in to custody had been stored in 1 Kilo gramme each in 110 bags and hidden inside a house in Piliyandala area it has been reported.

The officers have arrested the two suspects whilst transporting a haul of Heroin at Wellawatta and the hidden stock of Heroin had been recovered accordance the information provided by them .

The estimated value of the haul of Heroin taken in to custody is more than Rs.1100 million it has been revealed .