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THE High Court has ordered that the State immediately return nine high-end vehicles to a Penal businessman that were seized by Customs and Excise in 2020 and which Customs continued to detain without any justifiable reasons.

In addition to having the vehicles returned, a High Court master will also have to determine, at a later date, the amount of damages that is to be awarded to the businessman—Kess Kessoondan.

Further to that, after delivering summary judgment in Kessoondan’s favour on Tuesday, Justice Nadia Kangaloo directed that the State must also bear his legal costs.