More than 400 vehicles imported illegally

State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya inspected illegally imported vehicles seized by the Customs, during a visit to the South Asia Logistics Terminal on Monday (10).

The Finance Ministry said that there were altogether 446 vehicles held since 2015.

A statement issued by the Ministry quoted Siyambalapitiya as having said that action would be taken soon to sell these vehicles.

The Minister said that it would be a crime to allow the destruction of these vehicles at a time the country was in dire straits (SF)