Businessman held: Illegally assembled vehicles seized

ABusinessman in the Maraluwawa area of Kurunegala was taken into custody last morning during a raid for illegally assembling motor cars with parts smuggled to the country . During the raid police seized two motorcars that had been illegally assembled.

Police carried out the raid on a tip-off received by OIC North Western Division,Anti Vice Squad, IP A.A.P. Kulathunga. One of the

One of the vehicles seized was an Aliyon 240 and the other a Mercedez Benz 200.80 model. Police said the market value of each vehicle was over Rs.10 million but the suspect had sold them on forged documents at a cheap price of about Rs.1.2 million.

vehicles seized was an Aliyon 240 and the other a Mercedez Benz 200.80 model. Police said the market value of each vehicle was over Rs.10 million but the suspect had sold them on forged documents at a cheap price of about Rs.1.2 million.

Investigations revealed the suspect had been employed in Japan and he had been carrying on the racket for a long time with the help of other expatriate workers in Japan.

The suspect and the seized vehicles were to be produced before the Kurunegala Magistrate yesterday afternoon.

A police team under OIC Anti Vice Squad, IP A.A.P. Kulatunga was conducting further investigations to recover the vehicles illegally assembled and sold to individuals in several areas of the country.