(COLOMBO) – Six passengers including an Indian national were arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with undeclared goods including 159 bottles of foreign liquor and a stock of foreign cigarettes, officials said on Thursday.
They said sleuths from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) acting on a tip-off were able to make the detection and arrest at the arrival lounge of the airport.
They had allegedly attempted to smuggle into the country 159 bottles of foreign liquor, 175 packets of foreign cigarettes, ready-made clothing, and a large quantity of non-gold accessories.
The arrested male suspects are aged 24, 41, 52, 53, and 70 and are residents of Wattala, Kotagala and Colombo 13 areas while one of the suspects is an Indian national, police said.
Meanwhile, the female suspect is a 48-year-old resident of the Colombo 15 area.
The CID unit at the BIA is conducting further investigations into the incident.
