Sri Lanka Customs officials arrested two Sri Lankan passengers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake today (Sept 24) for attempting to illegally smuggle a stock of cigarettes into the country.
Customs Acting Spokesman, Lal Weerakoon told Times Online that the suspects had arrived on flight UL 226. One suspect had brought a stock of 13,600 sticks of foreign cigarettes packed into 65 cartons and hidden inside a fake compartment in his travelling bag estimated to be worth Rs 900,000
The second suspect had smuggled 122 cartons of cigarettes containing 24,400 cigarettes valued at Rs. 1,464,000/-
Customs officials attached to the BIA are conducting further investigations into the incident.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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