Among those arrested was a former Assistant Director of the DMT’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division, charged with illegally registering four vehicles imported without customs clearance, evading customs duties.
A former departmental clerk was also taken into custody for entering false information about these vehicles into the DMT computer system and registering them through illegal transfers.
Investigators uncovered additional irregularities involving forged documents for vehicle record modifications. A serving Investigation and Development Assistant in the Development Division was arrested for accepting a fake document to change a vehicle’s registered color and issuing a corresponding receipt number.
In addition, a former Deputy Commissioner was arrested for authorizing a vehicle transfer without the required weight certificate and using forged supporting documents.
All four suspects were remanded till March 20 after being produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
