Smuggling doesn’t only occur through the ungazetted routes at the borders of Uganda but also through the gazetted customs areas manned by URA staff. It’s mainly facilitated through Misdescription and concealment case in point
On the 9th August 2024, acting on information from our field intelligence team, we intercepted container number MRKU 5848575 at LEXUS ICD in Namanve said to contain yarn.
The actual contents on verification were discovered to be Brazilian wool hair. Over 500m in taxes was going to be lost if we hadn’t intervened.
The importer is ROBANNE( UGANDA) LIMITED and his agent is VC PEREGRINE LOGISTICS LIMITED. We would like to thank the Commissioner Customs for his quick action and support in closing this revenue leakage.
The matter is currently being handled by the police to investigate this current case and other consignments that have been imported in the past with contents disguised as yarn.
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