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Suspect who smuggled over 37,000 cigarettes arrested

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The cigarettes had been prepared for sale without the government warning.
The cigarettes had been prepared for sale without the government warning.

A person was arrested by the Police Special Task Force with a consignment of cigarettes smuggled into the country, depriving the country of Customs duties, from Maththumagala in Mahabage.

The Special Task Force Organized Crime Unit officers who conducted the raid on March 13 based on the information received by the Police Narcotics Bureau arrested a 39-year-old resident of Dabukanda, Weweldeniya and also took into custody 37,400 counterfeit cigarettes, which had been prepared for sale without the government warning.

The suspect has been handed over to the Mahabage Police Station for further investigations.

 

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 – 01:00











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