Navy assists apprehension of person with a haul of illegal foreign cigarettes

The Navy in coordination with the Police apprehended a person with 43,600 foreign cigarettes at Periyamulla in Negombo on 19^th October 2019.

Accordingly, this joint raid was carried out by the Western Naval Command in Coordination with the Negombo Police. During the raid they managed to apprehend the suspect who had 2,180 packets of illegal foreign cigarettes. The haul of cigarettes had been kept in a house with the intention of selling.

The apprehended person has been identified as a resident of Negombo, aged 23. The Negombo Police is conducting further investigation into the incident.

Sri Lanka Navy has been conducting a large number of operations to prevent this kind of illegal activities across the country and has been able to apprehend a number of drug traffickers and produce them for legal action.