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Court refuses to release GoldQuest products
The Court of Appeal has refused a request by SAR Shipping Pvt Ltd. to release GoldQuest products imported by them that were seized by Sri Lanka Customs.

Customs detained the shipment on undervaluation charges, but the importer who went to court wanted the consignment released as interim relief, until the case is heard.

The goods would continue to be held by Customs, until a final resolution of the case. Customs sources said that the GoldQuest products will most likely be confiscated.

Meanwhile, Athula Lankadeva, Superintendent of Customs, says he has been intimidated, once again. He told The Sunday Times FT he had received a nuisance call on his cellular phone last Monday.

Upon dialling the number, which appeared on his display, he had found that it is from H.R.C. Agencies. "It is an office housed at SAR Shipping, owned by Raju Radha," he said, adding that he had filed a report with the Director General of Customs on this incident.

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