Two Sri Lankan passengers were detained by Customs officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday (17) while attempting to smuggle 323 cartons (64, 600 sticks) of cigarettes into the country.
The two passengers, a male and a female aged 42 and 67 respectively, are residents of Kandy and Negombo and had arrived in the country on a flight from Dubai.
The stock of cigarettes were found hidden inside their luggage. Customs has valued the seized cigarretes at over Rs. 3.8 million.
Pic courtesy Sri Lanka Customs
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
Individuals who have obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) yet do not meet the cutoff, can choose to remain tax exempt after notifying the IRD in writing, provided that their monthly income does not surpass the threshold, according to the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
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