Smuggled cigarettes worth Rs. 3.5 mn seized at BIA

The Sri Lanka Customs on Friday (23) seized a stock of cigarettes worth Rs 3.5 million, from a Sri Lankan passenger arriving on a flight from Dubai.

Customs officials said that they found 41,400 cigarettes in 207 cartons in his baggage. This stock of cigarettes was confiscated following a formal Customs inquiry, the Custom officials said.