Sri Lanka Customs seize Rs 2 million worth abortion drugs

Sun, Sep 7, 2014, 12:04 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Sept 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka Customs Saturday seized a stock of drugs used for illegal abortions, worth around Rs 2 million.

Officers of the Preventive Division of the Customs at the Air Cargo Terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake nabbed the illegal stock of the drugs imported from India by a local businessman.

The businessman has imported the drugs form Chennai and the stock had arrived on August 31 in 51 packages labelled as vitamins. He has tried to clear the shipment claiming as vitamins and paying the import duty.

Preliminary inquiries have reportedly revealed that the stock was intended for distribution to several pharmacies in Colombo area.


It has been found that the businessman had not registered with the Cosmetics, Devices and Drugs Authority (CDDA) to import the drugs.