COLOMBO: Customs authorities in Sri Lanka have confiscated four million cigarette sticks at Orugodawatta Container terminal in a container. Market value for the cigarettes was estimated at 112 million in Sri Lankan rupees, a customs official said.
The cigarettes were imported from Dubai under disguise, Customs spokesperson Leslie Gamini said. The cigarettes had been imported as curtains to a fake address in the city and it is the largest ever detection of cigarettes by the customs, he said.