Suspects selling cigarettes to underaged nabbed

Excise inspectors attached to the Hambanota Excise Station nabbed forty three suspects who sold cigarettes to the underaged and sold arrack without a valid permit to the elders.

They were nabbed following a raid conducted in several DS areas in Hambantota district. The OIC of Hambantota Excise Station Y. Ranasinha and a team of excise officers led the raid.