Customs seize illicit cigarettes worth Rs. 792 million at Thotalanga
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Daily Mirror reports that Sri Lanka Customs seized a container carrying more than 4.5 million illicit cigarettes at the Grayline 2 Customs facility in Thotalanga on the 5th.
Daily Mirror valued the cigarettes at Rs. 792 million inclusive of taxes. Ada Derana reports that the container had been declared as carrying photocopy paper.
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- Ada Derana (සිංහල) · නීතිවිරෝධීව මෙරටට ගෙන්වූ දුම්වැටි තොගයක් සමග පුද්ගලයකු අත්අඩංගුවට
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