Customs nab illegal vehicle exporter [January 08 2014]

A person who attempted to export a container full of dissembled vehicles worth over Rs.13million under false declaration was arrested by the Customs Central Investigations Division today.

He had declared the consignment as embroidery machines which was later found to be eight dissembled cars including Mini Cooper, Mitsubishi Lancer and Toyota, Customs Spokesman Director Leslie Gamini said.

Investigations are being conducted by Customs Director K A Dharmasena and his team.