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Last Updated : 2024-03-29 00:02:00
A French Police officer had been intercepted last evening at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to smuggle out a buffalo skull and a pair of horns, Airport Deputy Customs Director Parakrama Basnayake said.
He said the suspect (56) was arrested, while he was trying to board to Dubai by UL 225 with his son.
“Following a tip off and a suspicious scanner image the Customs officer managed to find out the skull and horns packed in his luggage. This was a rare case which we have detected so far,” Mr. Basnayake said.
Taking dead animals or their parts out of the country is strictly protected and prohibited under the Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 2009. If a person wants to transport or keep animal parts in his/her procession, a proper permit should be obtained from the Wild Life Conservation Department.
Accordingly, the arrested person had no valid document with him from the Wild Life Conservation Department pertaining to the detected.
During the investigations at the Customs, the suspect had said that he was taking buffalo skull and a pair of horns because of his son loved to keep them with him.
Later Customs officers warned him not to take them out of the country and later he agreed to not to take them and after the Customs inquiry the suspect and his son were released.
However the buffalo skull and a pair of horns were confiscated.
The detection was conducted by the Customs Assistant Superintendent Isuru Nagahawatte and the investigation was carried out by the Airport Deputy Customs Director Parakrama Basnayake. (Chaturanga Pradeep)
ravin Tuesday, 22 August 2017 04:27 PM
Oh poor guy !!. he could have collected 225 of them had he gone to diyawanna.
Kumar Tuesday, 22 August 2017 05:19 PM
This guy should have been arrested and produced before the local magistrate,why did they let him go? Was it because he was a European?.Our country is becoming a joke to the Westerners.
brainmaster Tuesday, 22 August 2017 05:34 PM
So what Who cares about these skull and horns They get normally discarded after slaughter. Again 2 tourists lost....and they will tell their friends not to come here. via DM Android App
Don Juan Tuesday, 22 August 2017 05:43 PM
Poor guy, we have enough to give freely from Pradesiya Sabaha level
Dasa Tuesday, 22 August 2017 05:49 PM
a familiar face
GH Wednesday, 23 August 2017 12:15 AM
What about butches and Beef Stall Owners who take license to kill single Animal and smash many more skulls a day!
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