STF seize illegally imported cigarettes

STF personnel launched a pre-dawn raid on a secret hideout of underworld gangsters in the Imbulgoda, Pahala Imbulgoda area, and seized a large stock of illegally imported cigarettes valued over eight million rupees.
Police spokesman Senior DIG Nimal Mediwake said following information received the STF raided a secret location of a leading underworld gangster and seized a consignment of foreign cigarettes.
The consignment was worth at least eight million rupees and it was hidden in an underground of a house located in Pahala Imbulgoda.