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Sri Lankan customs workers unload illegal import vehicles from a confiscated container at the customs examination yard in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 12 January 2021. According to Sri Lanka Customs, The Customs Risk Management Unit took into custody 12 motor vehicles being smuggled into Sri Lanka while concealed in cargo containers and declaring the cargo as electrical generator parts. The cargo valued at Sri Lankan rupees 55 million (Euros 238,952.91/ USD 290,650.47) has been imported while fraudulently using the name of an official in the UK High Commission in Colombo. With the Sri Lankan government restricting the import of several items, including motor vehicles, three-wheelers, motorcycles etc. some resort to dubious means to smuggle in vehicles. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)
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