Customs officers told to be extra vigilant

Sri Lanka Customs Director General Major Gen. (Retd.) G.V. Ravipriya has instructed his team to be extra vigilant to ensure banned or suspended items don’t reach the country. 

In an order issued on Wednesday, Ravipriya has told his officers that goods, which were currently suspended or banned under the Imports and Exports Control Act, were being released through unaccompanied passenger baggage warehouses in the guise of bona-fide passenger baggage or gifts.Customs officers... 

The officers have been advised not to release any goods which are temporarily suspended or banned under the regulations and imported as bona-fide unaccompanied passenger baggage or as gifts with immediate effect.