Beetroot smuggled inside potato shipment seized

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A large stock of beetroot worth over Rs.3.2 million, which had been smuggled into the country concealed inside a shipment of potatoes against the import laws, was seized by Sri Lanka Customs today. The stock which weighed 16,000 metric tons of beetroot was hidden inside a 40-foot reefer container filled with another 44,000 metric tons of potatoes. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

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Karalasingam Sivalingam Friday, 28 January 2022 09:50 PM

It is true law has been defied. But it is not narcotics or injuries to health; consider on an humanitarian angle and release them to the vegetable starved nation.

Beet root Saturday, 29 January 2022 03:06 PM

Send the beet roots orphanages after keeping some as evidence or will i be suprised to hear it has been hijacked.

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