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COLOMBO (News 1st); 200 million foreign cigarettes valued at over Rs. 09 Billion were seized by Sri Lanka customs after inspecting 21 suspicious freight containers in Colombo on Thursday (13).
The Compliance and Facilitation Division of Sri Lanka Customs had launched an investigation into 21 freight containers imported to Sri Lanka for re-exports under the Entrepot Trade system.
“When 03 freight containers were inspected at the beginning a consignment of foreign cigarettes were detected and thereafter it was revealed that all 21 freight containers contained illegal foreign cigarettes,” said Sri Lanka Customs in a Statement.
These freight containers were imported under the Entrepot Trade system from the UAE to be re-exported to the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.