Two passengers nabbed with foreign cigarettes at BIA

19 November 2018 11:07 am

A man and a woman were apprehended by the officials of the Customs Narcotic Control Division at the Arrival Lounge at the Bandaranaike International Airport Katunayake while attempting to smuggle in 273 cartoons of foreign cigarettes containing 54,720 sticks valued at RS. 27, 30,000 packed in her traveling bag.

The female suspect aged 49 is a resident of Madurankuliya and the male suspect aged 32 is a resident of Kuliyapitiya.  

They had arrived from Dubai by flight No FZ 547 today. (T.K.G Kapila and Chaturanga Samarawickrama)