COLOMBO (News 1st) – Customs officials arrested a 21-year-old over an attempt to smuggle a haul of cigarettes into the country from Dubai.

The cigarettes were discovered stashed in the bags of the arrested suspect at the BIA.

Over 10,000 cigarettes discovered in his possession were later confiscated.

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