Sri Lanka orders return of smuggled British garbage

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[h=1]Sri Lanka orders return of smuggled British garbage[/h]

Some 241 containers of waste were shipped to Colombo port under the racket going back to 2017

Sri Lanka customs Tuesday ordered the return of container loads of hazardous mortuary and clinical waste illegally imported into the island from Britain under the cover of metal recycling.

Customs officials said the racket dating back to 2017 was uncovered after the Colombo port complained last week that an importer had abandoned 111 containers which were emanating a huge stink.
A total of 241 containers had been imported since 2017 and 130 of them had been taken to a free-trade zone ostensibly for recycling and re-export, customs spokesman Sunil Jayaratne told AFP.​

Read more: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-sri-lanka-smuggled-british-garbage.html
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[h=1]Sri Lankan police find human remains in more than 100 recycling containers from U.K.[/h] [h=2]Inside the crates, customs officials found the 'extremely hazardous' materials mixed in with mattresses, plastics and clinical waste[/h]

The British Government has launched an investigation after Sri Lankan authorities said they would send back more than a hundred shipping containers which appeared to contain human remains disguised as recyclable metals.Officials at the port of Colombo made the grisly discovery while investigating a strong smell emanating from 111 containers which have been arriving at the docks over the past two years.Inside the crates, customs officials found the “extremely hazardous” materials mixed in with mattresses, plastics and clinical waste.

https://nationalpost.com/news/world...s-hidden-in-more-than-100-containers-from-u-k
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