Passenger arrested with smuggled cigarettes at BIA

Passenger arrested with smuggled cigarettes at BIA

March 9, 2025   02:34 pm

A person has been arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake with a total of 13,000 sticks of illegally smuggled cigarettes.

The suspect was apprehended by a team of officers from the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the BIA arrival terminal this morning (March 9).

The arrested individual is a 50-year-old resident of Kandy.

The PNB is conducting further investigations into the incident.

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