Company fined Rs. 1.2 mln. in ball point case
The Customs investigated a leading company in Colombo for allegedly under valuing a stock of some five million ballpoint pens imported from India.

According to a Customs estimate the company J.L. Morison had allegedly defrauded the country of nearly six hundred thousand rupees in Customs duty and V.A.T.

The importer had allegedly attempted to clear the consignment from Customs with the use of forged documents, an official said. After probing the matter, the Customs Department had decided to impose a fine of 1.2 million rupees.

The the stock of pens were handed over to the company after it had paid the fine.

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