COLOMBO (News 1st) – Media spokesperson for the Customs, Wipula Minuwanpitiya confirmed that a 40-year-old was arrested for possessing a stock of illegal cigarettes at the BIA.

100 cartons along with 20,000 cigarettes were seized from the suspect’s possession and they are valued at Rs. 1.1 million. The suspect who was identified as a resident of Kochchikade had arrived in the country from Dubai.

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