Police Headquarters in Mannar had yesterday (28) destroyed 532 Kilo Grammes of Dried Turmeric which had been taken into custody after illegally bringing them to Sri Lanka from India .
Mannar Police Headquarters. Had taken this Stock of illegal Dried Turmeric in to custody on 20th of December whilst preparing to transport to Colombo .
The stock of Dried Turmeric. worth more than Rs.500,000 had been destroyed at the Garbage refinery premises attached to Mannar Urban council accordance to the instructions issued to prevent the spreading of Corona virus it has been revealed .
At the moment Sri lanka is being faced a severe shortage of Turmeric .