Cigarettes worth Rs.6 lakh seized at airport
August 12, 2012 09:47 am
Airport customs seized a large haul of cigarettes worth around Rs. 600,000 illegally smuggled into the country.
The suspect in question had arrived in the country at around 4.30am today in a flight from Sharjah, Airport Customs Superintendent G.G. Premasiri said.
Inquiries had revealed that the 34 year-old suspect, a resident of Wellampitiya, was handed the stock of cigarettes by another person at the Sharjah Airport, he said.
Premasiri added that further investigations are being carried out by Customs.
The suspect in question had arrived in the country at around 4.30am today in a flight from Sharjah, Airport Customs Superintendent G.G. Premasiri said.
Inquiries had revealed that the 34 year-old suspect, a resident of Wellampitiya, was handed the stock of cigarettes by another person at the Sharjah Airport, he said.
Premasiri added that further investigations are being carried out by Customs.
