Two suspects arrested with smuggled cigarettes in Mannar - LankaXpress

Under the guise of a family business and a retail agent for confectionery, beer, and soft drinks, defendant Tran Van Truong led a ring that sold 55,000 packs of fake cigarettes.

Two suspects arrested with smuggled cigarettes in Mannar - LankaXpress

Two individuals, who were transporting a total of 168,000 sticks of smuggled foreign-made cigarettes that were brought into the country without paying necessary duties, have been arrested in Oluthuduwai, Mannar. An Indian national, who aided and abetted the incident, has also been arrested and brought to the Mannar Police Station. Acting on a tip-off received by a team of officers from the Mannar Unit of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), a raid…