A person has actually been detained at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for smuggling a large consignment of foreign cigarettes valued at around Rs.
4 million.It is stated that the suspect, who had actually arrived in the nation from Dubai this morning (30 ), was jailed at the departure terminal of BIA by officers of the Airport Unit of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB).
Accordingly, police have seized a total of 20,000 sticks of foreign-manufactured cigarettes from the suspects possession.The arrested individual is a 36-year-old local of Akurana, who had actually supposedly been operating in Dubai.The Police Narcotics Bureau is carrying out more investigations into the incident.