Sri Lanka hunts Chinese cigarette smuggling kingpin
March 20, 2017 05:24 pm
Sri Lankan authorities are hunting for a Chinese cigarette smuggling kingpin following several detection of illegal hauls at the main airport in the capital Colombo over the past three months.
Customs authorities in Colombo believe the mastermind is paying the fines when smugglers are arrested.
One of the biggest hauls was seized from a Chinese woman who tried to conceal Chinese cigarettes worth some US$197,433. Also four Chinese workers at a runway resurfacing project at the international airport were nabbed with illegal cigarettes worth US$394,867. Four other Chinese smugglers were among those detected.
-The Standard
-Agencies
