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Two arrested with stock of foreign cigarettes and over 5,482kg of beedi leaves
Sri Lanka Police have arrested two suspects in possession of 5,665,000 sticks of foreign cigarettes and over 5,482 kilogrammes of beedi leaves during a raid in Sedawatta, within the Wellampitiya Police Division.
According to police, a team of officers from the Western Province North Crime Division, acting on information received, conducted the raid on the evening of November 10, 2026.
Police said the cigarettes had been imported into the country without payment of customs duty.
The two suspects, aged 38 and 68, are residents of Ja-Ela and Katugastota, respectively, police said.
Further investigations are being conducted by the Western Province North Crime Division.
