SRI LANKA LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO COPPER SCRAP SMUGGLING
February 1st, 2014
Sri Lanka’s customs officials have launched a full scale investigation aimed at cracking down on copper scrap smuggling, after two export-bound containers of copper scrap worth more than USD172,189 were seized in late January.The two containers weighing 32,140 kilogrammes were being exported to Singapore under false documentation claiming that the cargo was ‘plastic hangers’.Sri Lanka customs' spokesman, Lesley Gamini said the Sri Lankan government has banned the export of copper scraps due to high domestic demand, and to help develop the local brass ...
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