Sri Lanka, March 6 -- Two suspects, including a woman, have been arrested for smuggling a large consignment of foreign cigarettes valued at around Rs. 5.88 million into the country.

The suspects have been arrested by a group of officers from the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning (March 6).

The arrested suspects are residents of the Nittambuwa area.

The 42-year-old woman had arrived at BIA from Dubai at 12.00 a.m. this morning to bring in the stock of foreign cigarettes, while the male suspect, a 23-year-old man who works in an apartment building in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), arrived from Sharjah at 04.40 a.m., police said.

A total of 196 cigarette cartons containing 39...