Sri Lanka Customs destroys illegal imports worth Rs. 31 million
Sri Lanka Customs yesterday publicly destroyed Rs. 31 million worth of goods imported into the country illegally in 2017.
The items seized by the Legal Enforcement Unit protecting Intellectual property rights of the Sri Lankan Customs in 2017, were destroyed on Monday (January 22) at the Orugodawatta Container yard.
Large stocks of counterfeit items including school equipment, toys, mobile phone spare parts and auto parts were destroyed. Most of these items have been imported under famous brand names. The items were crushed by a stone roller.
"Today we destroyed the equipment imported violating the Customs Act and the Intellectual Property Act," the spokesman for the Customs, Sunil Jayaratne told media after destroying the goods.
He said the main purpose of the exercise was to ...