Customs seize smuggled cigarettes worth Rs.124 mln in Colombo Port

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lanka Customs Revenue Task Force (RTF) has seized a large consignment of illegally imported cigarettes during an inspection at a
polypropylene corrugated sheets of 5mm, which had been imported from United Arab Emirates to a company in Padukka, Sri Lanka Customs
said.The estimated value of cigarettes is Rs
124,019,554, resulting in defraud of revenue to the state of Rs.107,985,621, according to Sri Lanka Customs.Further investigations are being
conducted by RTF officers.