Two more illegally imported Hummers found

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) –   Two more Hummer vehicles illegally imported into the country were found at the Sri Lanka customs yesterday during an emergency inspection by State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.

The State Minister paid an emergency inspection at the Sri Lankan Customs and found many items and goods which were prepared to be exported illegally.

Five containers with full of goods, classified under scrap paper, were opened in front of the state minister.

When the containers were opened the state minister and the officials found four of the containers were loaded with brass, copper and galvanized iron pipes which are on the export ban list. Only one container which was declared genuinely containing scrap paper had the original consignment within.

The minister stated that it was a crime to illegally export brass, copper and galvanized iron pipes, which are essential raw materials for the local industrialists.

The two Hummers which were imported illegally were found in another container during the inspection.

Earlier, State Minister Siyambalapitiya had called for a report after a Hummer was illegally imported and sold following malicious tender procedure and sold at a government auction to the same illegal importer who had got it down.

The Hummer reportedly illegally imported into Sri Lanka along with three other vehicles in February 2022.