DG customs and Reg. of Pesticides ordered to show cause

24 February 2012 06:39 am

Colombo High Court Judge Kumudinie Wickramasinghe ordered the Director General of Customs and the Registrar of Pesticides to appear personally before court on March 2, 2012 to show cause as to why fertiliser containing arsenic were released for import. The court had previously issued an order against releasing the fertiliser which contained arsenic. (T. Farook Thajudeen)