Sri Lanka

An individual has been jailed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for smuggling a total of 3,200 sticks of foreign-made cigarettes (16 cartons).
Based upon a tip-off received today (07 ), the suspect who got here in the country from Dubai was detained in a raid conducted by a team of officers from the Airport Unit of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), authorities said.The suspect is a 50-year-old local of the Galewela area.The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) is conducting more examinations into the incident.

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