Chandana Punchihewa
Sri LankaofficialMale8.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Chandana Punchihewa is a customs director in Sri Lanka who recently made headlines for overseeing the destruction of a large cache of illegal foreign cigarettes valued at approximately 205 million rupees. Under his direction, customs officials seized nearly 1.8 million cigarettes that were unlawfully smuggled into the country. His comments highlighted the significant loss of state revenue that would have occurred had these products reached the local market.
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Chandana Punchihewa stated that the Sri Lanka Customs Department seized over 450 million rupees worth of drugs in nine months.
රේගුව මාස 9කදී කෝටි 450ක මත්ද්රව්ය අල්ලයිSri Lanka· 2026-07-30Chandana Punchihewa stated that the Sri Lanka Customs seized over 50,000 kilograms of dried turmeric through illegal means in the past six months.
වියළි කහ කිලෝග්රෑම් 60,000 ක් ගෙනල්ලාSri Lanka· 2026-07-07
Chandana Punchihewa is mentioned as the media spokesperson for the Customs Department regarding the situation with the RCT company.
කන්ටේනර්වලින් මුදල් ගැරීමක් - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-07-02Chandana Punchihewa is the media spokesperson for the Customs Department who commented on the situation regarding the charges by the R.C.T. company.
කන්ටේනර්වලින් මුදල් ගැරීමක් - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-07-01Chandana Punchihewa is the media spokesperson for the Sri Lanka Customs, emphasizing the importance of increasing tax revenue.
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Chandana Punchihewa is the media spokesperson for the Customs Department in Sri Lanka.
ලුණු කන්ටේනර් 1500ක් මාස 6ක් තිස්සේ වරායේSri Lanka· 2026-01-19Chandana Punchihewa stated that a large quantity of cannabis was found in a bag abandoned at the Katunayake airport.
ගුවන්තොටුපොළේ අතහැර ගිය බෑගයේ කෝටි 11 ක ගංජාSri Lanka· 2025-11-17Chandana Punchihewa stated that a large quantity of cannabis worth over 11 million rupees was found in a bag that was abandoned at the Katunayake airport.
ගුවන්තොටුපොළේ අතහැර ගිය බෑගයේ කෝටි 11 ක ගංජාSri Lanka· 2025-11-17Chandana Punchihewa mentioned that the customs department was not aware of the rice shipment and would issue a statement after investigating.
ජනතාවට බෙදන්න ගෙනා සහල්වලටත් බදු ඉල්ලයිSri Lanka· 2025-11-09
Chandana Punchihewa stated that customs officials successfully apprehended a suspect attempting to smuggle valuable gemstones.
රන් බිස්කට් පන්නන්න හැදූ ගුවන් තොටුපොළ සේවකයා මාට්ටුSri Lanka· 2025-09-15
Chandana Punchihewa stated that customs officials successfully apprehended a suspect attempting to smuggle valuable gemstones.
රන් බිස්කට් පන්නන්න හැදූ ගුවන් තොටුපොළ සේවකයා මාට්ටුSri Lanka· 2025-09-14
Chandana Punchihewa stated that the illegal foreign cigarettes were destroyed after being seized.
කෝටි 24ක දුම්වැටි වනසයි - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-09-12