Two persons have been arrested at the Katunayake Airport for illegally bringing into Sri Lanka tins of milk powder containing formula with vitamins to enhance skin complexion.
Sri Lanka Customs officials at the airport arrested the suspects for possession of 179 such milk powder tins valued at Rs. 1.8 million.
The suspects, a man from Negombo and a woman from Kotahena, had arrived from Malaysia today.
The stock of milk powder had been brought into Sri Lanka without the permission of the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA). (Newswire)