Video: Cigarettes worth Rs.125m detected

18 June 2014 11:00 am

The Customs revenue task Force today detected a container, consisting of contraband cigarettes valued at Rs. 125 million, imported from Dubai declared as coriander.

The container which had arrived from Dubai on May 5 was detained on suspicion and was inspected today.

The Deputy Customs Director Parakrama Basnayake said this was the second container load of cigarettes imported from Dubai this year.






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Video by Sanath Desmond