Customs destroy counterfeit cigarettes

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CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Follow

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Sri Lanka Customs destroyed a large stock of smuggled counterfeit cigarettes worth over Rs. 748 million with crushing machines of the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) compound in Kotahena today.

Senior Customs officials including its Director General Sarath Nonis, as well top CTC officials including Legal and External Affairs Director of British American Tobacco (BAT) Zahrah Cader were present. The crushed residue of the smuggled tobacco will be sent to the incinerators of the Insee Cement Factory in Puttalam. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

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Tissa Fernando Friday, 11 August 2023 05:18 AM

What happens to the drugs that are seized? Are the drugs going back to the market?

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Jude Friday, 11 August 2023 08:05 AM

Why allow CTC to hold a monopoly in SL. CTC must pay special Levy in billions of rupees to Cancer hospital, yeah!! CTC is the main cause for lung cancer in SL but CTC bribing authorities and Politicians to avoid paying compensation or special Levy. In most countries tobacco manufacturers are obligated to make annual payments to the government as punitive damages to smokers!!!

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ANTON Friday, 11 August 2023 08:06 AM

THAT CAN'T HAVE COME THROUGH THE CORRECT GATE.

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Adwani Friday, 11 August 2023 08:58 AM

From their foolish acts, will the smokers quit smoking.

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Roshanaly Friday, 11 August 2023 10:12 AM

Why can't they sell and the revenue go to the Government.

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Lanka Friday, 11 August 2023 12:05 PM

Stop this nonsense of destroying all items you detect and catch: they are illegal imported but nothing wrong in these products or any other confestigated item . Nationalisese them and take all income and give to poor ...if the government think it can't take them...only option is to use that money for any charity or welfare system..only incompetent government will destroy any things items. Who advise the government to destroy? Who said it is not good to use ? Will this encourage more and more smuggle? No at all ? Smuggle is going for decades ?

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Aviator Friday, 11 August 2023 12:24 PM

So destroying cigarettes have become something to pose and click like an opening ceremony of an event. Big deal!

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Herath Friday, 11 August 2023 02:39 PM

What right does the CTC has to take part in this destroying process. Can a govt. official explain this please.

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All in all Friday, 11 August 2023 02:59 PM

Countetfeit govt. Counterfeit sasanarakshakas.

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