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STF seize 29,000 kilos of refuse tea in Ja-Ela

By Keerthi Mendis | Published: 2:00 AM Jan 19 2021
News STF seize 29,000 kilos of refuse tea in Ja-Ela

By Keerthi  Mendis

The STF seized 29,000 kilos of refuse tea packed to be exported to Dubai in a container in the Kotugoda area in Ja-Ela yesterday. The raid was carried out following a tip -off received by the OIC of the STF camp in Gonahena.

According to the STF, the  value of the seized  stock of refuse tea was over  Rs 175 million, while some 700 refuse tea parcels had been seized in this manner.


By Keerthi Mendis | Published: 2:00 AM Jan 19 2021

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