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6 June 2023 07:21 pm Views - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} 2 Bookmark

CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Follow

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Sri Lanka Customs today displayed a seized container carrying three hybrid cars, a large stock of cosmetics, illicit cigarettes and foreign liquor worth over Rs.350 million, which had been imported by a trader falsely declaring as motor spare parts. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

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Karalasingam Sivalingam Tuesday, 06 June 2023 08:22 PM

The modus operandi in this import shocking, the salient doubt is how many such containers would have slipped through customs without checking, random checking should be done away with and every container should be checked and scanned by customs.

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Sivalingam Wednesday, 07 June 2023 01:27 AM

Ali Sabri Raheem ? 90% of stuff in Pettah are smuggled.

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