COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Customs arrested two businessmen for illegally carrying cigarettes into the country, via the Katunayake airport.

The value of the seized contraband is over Rs. 4.5 million.

The two men had returned to Sri Lanka from Dubai, and are residents of Yatiyantota and Kalmunai.

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