Airport Customs Officers had last night (22) arrested a Chinese National who attempted to smuggle 16 cups made from wood of Indigenous Flowering Plant "Kothala Himbutu"(Salacia Reticulata) grown in dry zone Sri Lankan Forests, illegally to China at Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport.
The estimated value of the Cups the Chinese suspect attempted to smuggle is around Rs.160,000 according to the Customs.
Airport Customs Officers had confiscated the stock of Kothala Himbutu Cups and released the 33 year old Chinese Suspect who is a worker attached to Moragahakande Project.
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