Chinese men with ‘wrong’ fags get fine

Jayantha DE SILVA

Two Chinese men taken into custody with a haul of contraband cigarettes were fined by Fort magistrate Kaniska Wijeratne yesterday.

Quive Kiverji taken into custody with 500 cartons of cigarettes was fined Rs 50,000 while Higo Onji taken into custody with 500 cartons of cigarettes was fined Rs 100,000.

The cigarettes were ordered to be confiscated. Meanwhile, a woman loitering along a road in Kollupitiya in the night was fined Rs 10 by magistrate Wijeratne.