COLOMBO: A Chinese man was arrested in Colombo while trying to smuggle out swallows' nests with a street value of $50,000 on Tuesday, hours before the country's president was due to arrive.
The man was carrying nearly five kilograms (11 pounds) of the rare birds' nests, a delicacy in China, customs spokesman Leslie Gamini told AFP.
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