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Rs. 115 Mn worth of cigarettes seized at BIA; two arrested
Sunday Island
|April 27, 2025
Two passengers attempting to smuggle foreign-made cigarettes worth Rs. 115 million were arrested by customs officials at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in the early hours of April 23.
The suspects—a 25-year-old from Peradeniya and a 46-year-old businessman from Colombo—arrived on SriLankan Airlines flight UL-226 from Du
This story is from the April 27, 2025 edition of Sunday Island.
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