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Birds nest smuggler in Customs net



Deputy Director of Customs Malie Piyasena and other Custom officials with the detection.

A Sri Lankan enroute to Bangkok trying to smuggle out 36 kilos of 'Birds Nest' illegally in a 1.30 a.m. flight yesterday was nabbed by a team led by Deputy Director of Customs Malie Piyasena before he could emplane from the Bandaranaike International Airport.

As the suspect submitted his baggage to the airline counter at the Airport Deputy Director Malie Piyasena had felt suspicious about his behaviour and subjected the baggage to a thorough search and found the 'Birds Nest', which is a conserved item, concealed in it.

Piyasena said Birds Nest is a very expensive item much in demand among connoisseurs and is valued at nearly Rs. 300,000 per kilo. Investigations revealed that the suspect had planned to sell it to a Chinese national in Bangkok.

He had carried the items to Bangkok undetected on two earlier occasions.

Piyasena was assisted by Assistant superintendents C.L. Ambagahawatta and P.N.W. Jayasiri in the detection.

 

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