Sri Lanka orders return of smuggled British garbage.
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.
"We are taking immediate action to order the re-export of the 111 containers abandoned at the port," Jayaratne said. A Sri Lankan businessman who imported the containers would be liable for criminal prosecution if he failed to re-export them to Britain, from where they originated, Jayaratne said. The 111 containers are believed to contain mortuary waste including human organs and had been unloaded and exposed to the elements for the past two years.
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