Over 2.2 mn worth foreign cigarettes detected

Customs officials detected 225 cartons of foreign cigarettes at a warehouse in Kurunegala.

Around 45,000 cigarette sticks valued at Rs.2,250,000 were discovered concealed in a false bottom of a box which had arrived from Kuwait. Further investigations revealed that the box was consigned to a 50-year-old passenger from Kantalai.A Rs.300,000 penalty had been imposed and the cartons of cigarettes forfeited. Investigations are continuing.