Person nabbed with 400,000 foreign cigarettes in Pettah
Posted by Editor on February 1, 2019 - 8:43 am
A person in possession of a stock of 400,000 foreign cigarettes worth around Rs 20 million has been arrested by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) in Pettah.
The cigarette haul has been smuggled in from Dubai, according to the Police Media Spokesperson.

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