Sri Lanka commercial drone import bond recovery at Bandaranaike Airport: cargo counter steps?
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To retrieve impounded aerial gear on departure, report to the Airport Customs Duty Officer at the Outer Cargo terminal at least four hours prior to your outbound flight check-in. Present the yellow Custom Detention Receipt (Form Cust 42), original passport, and outbound boarding pass. An officer escorts the bonded package past emigration directly to your flight gate, where you sign the final custody discharge after gate security screening. Failure to retain the original stamped paper receipt requires a magistrate clearance letter.
A warehouse storage demurrage charge accrues daily after the first 72 hours; ensure you have sufficient local currency or credit card clearance for this balance before approaching the counter.
If you exit Sri Lanka from a different port (such as Jaffna Palaly or Mattala), transfer of bonded items between customs jurisdictions must be requested five working days prior in Colombo.
Keep lithium batteries packed separately in carry-on fireproof bags even during bonded storage transfers; airport ramp crews refuse loose LiPo transport on tarmac vehicles.
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