
A 26-year-old youth has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for attempting to smuggle tobacco based products worth around Rs 2.5 million into the country.
He was arrested by BIA Customs after arriving in the country from Dubai by flight UL 226 today (14).
A total of 1600 packets of special tobacco based products (Shisha flavours) were found in his luggage.
The suspect was released on a penalty of Rs. 100,000 having forfeited the goods, customs spokesman said.



















