Sri Lankan woman nabbed at BIA with foreign cigarette stock

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Colombo, May 30 (Daily Mirror) - A Sri Lankan female passenger was arrested by Customs officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning while attempting to smuggle a stock of foreign-manufactured cigarettes valued at Rs. 345,000.

The suspect, a 46-year-old woman from Deraniyagala, had been employed in domestic work in Dubai and had arrived in the country aboard Fitz Air flight 8D-822 from Dubai at 5:30 a.m. today (30).

Upon inspection of her luggage, Customs officials discovered 115 cartons containing 23,000 ‘Platinum’ brand cigarettes concealed within two suitcases.

She was immediately detained by Customs officers at Katunayake Airport, and further investigations are currently underway to determine the intended distribution network and any potential accomplices.

Customs officials stated that strict legal action will be taken against attempts to smuggle foreign cigarettes into the country without proper clearance.

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Yohan Friday, 30 May 2025 01:37 PM

Sometime the issue is most people are not aware that cigarettes cannot be brought in to the country. The cheap price overseas encourage them to bring in cigarettes and sell to make more money or even personel consumption. Probably the local authorities should run awareness programmes among those who travel less frequently and also go for jobs in middle east. I once met a guy in Thailand and he was buying fags to bring with him for his personal use. I told him that you cannot bring fags here and you will be in deep trouble. Until that he was not aware of such laws.

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ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY DO NOT EDUCATE THEIR PASSENGERS Friday, 30 May 2025 02:35 PM

LL JOB RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, TRAVEL AGENTS AND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY THAT RECRUITS WORKERS FOR OVERSEAS JOBS MUST BE CLEARLY INSTRUCTED TO ADVISE THEIR CLIENTS AND OR PASSENGERS BY WAY OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS AT OUR AIRPORTS AND ON BOARD OF THE RULES REGARDS BRINGING IN CIGS AND OR LIQUOR AS WE HAVE A STANDED QTY ONE CAN BRING INTO THE COUNTRY. BIG NOTICE BOARDS AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS MUST BE THE NORM, ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST TIME TRAVELLERS. AIRLINES AND TRAVEL AGENTS SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE TO SOME EXTENT, ONE CANNOT ONLY TAKE BUSINESS FROM PASSENGERS

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Dilakshan Senevirathne Friday, 30 May 2025 04:44 PM

This is the work of organised crime groups. They try 100 succeed with 50 and so their overall game is profitable.

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