Man arrested over illegally imported cigarettes
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – A person has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) over possession of illegally…
Tag: Cigarettes
Finance Minister issues gazette reducing excise duty on cigarettes
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has issued a gazette reducing the excise duty of a certain variety of…
Suspect arrested with cigarettes worth Rs.1.3M
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – An individual who attempted to illegally smuggle in a stock of foreign cigarettes worth Rs.1.3 million has been…
SLMA denounces moves to import foreign cigarettes
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Campaigners against tobacco use alleged that measures to licence the import of foreign cigarettes were expedited, during the…
Stop importing cigarettes from China: Rajitha tells PM
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – In an apparent confrontation with Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne has written to Prime Minister…
Two Lankans held with cigarettes worth over Rs 4 million
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Two Sri Lankan passengers have been detained at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for smuggling in 83,380 cigarettes…
Cigarettes up by Rs 2/= from Yesterday Night
Cigarette smokers have to spend Rs 2/ = more for cigarettes from yesterday night. Current price of Rs 33/=per cigarette…