A businessman from Homagama has been remanded after being arrested for allegedly assisting in the illegal registration of two vehicles imported into Sri Lanka without customs clearance.
The suspect was taken into custody earlier today (07) over allegations that he, together with officials of the Department of Motor Traffic, entered details of the illegally imported vehicles into the department’s computer system and facilitated unlawful ownership transfers.
Police said the two vehicles had allegedly been brought into the country without paying the required customs duties and without completing the proper customs clearance process. The suspect is accused of aiding the registration of the vehicles and obtaining official registration certificates through fraudulent means.
The arrested suspect is a resident of Pitipana, Homagama.
After he was produced before the Homagama Magistrate’s Court, the magistrate remanded him until July 10, according to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).
