Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 -- A 45-year-old foreign passenger has been arrested this morning (10) by airport customs officers at the arrivals terminal of Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while carrying a consignment of foreign cigarettes.

Officials said the individual is an engineer working on a development project in Sri Lanka.

The seized consignment, consisting of 36,860 sticks of cigarettes manufactured for domestic use in Iran, is estimated to have a street value of Rs. 5.529 million.

The cigarettes were found in two pieces of luggage, officials said.

The passenger had arrived from Sharjah onboard Air Arabia flight G9502 at 4:24 a.m today.

Customs officers are conducting further investigations into the incident.

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