Two containers of smuggled beedi leaves weighing 11,000 kilos have been discovered by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) last evening.
Police said that the consignments were seized upon a tip off, at the Customs container terminal in the vicinity of the Ingurukade junction.
The contraband had been smuggled under the guise of importing a certain chemical used in the production of tyres.
A search operation is currently underway to arrest the suspects involved in smuggling the beedi leaves into the country.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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