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Company News from Monday, June 10, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-06-10
Two of the five containers intercepted while they were diverted
The Tema Port Marine Police Unit arrested five people for alleged involvement in the disappearance of 10 containers of canned tomato concentrate from the port of Tema on May 30, 2019, during the transfer of the product. sending to the publication and the auction.
The suspects – MM. Alex Brako from Oslo Shipping; Alfred Frimpong, customs prevention officer; Daniel Agyapong, a national security officer; Ms. Ama Serwaa Sarpong and Rebecca Naki Ayumah – have since been released on bail.
They allegedly received and transported part of the shipment to Kumasi after allegedly buying it from customs clearance agents.
The unit commander, Chief Superintendent Joseph Antwi-Ababio, said his team had asked the Tema Command of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division to provide additional details on the leads to the diversion of the containers and the respective role that the suspects have played so that the unit can prosecute.
Up to now, he said, eight of the containers have been recovered.
Suspension on transfers
Dr Godfred Okoh-Appiah, customs officer of the Tema sector, said that after the incident, management had temporarily banned the transfer of UCL containers from the Tema Container Terminal (TCT) and the Tema Container Terminal. 39, former state warehouse at the Atlas freight station.
"For now, we have been able to recover some of the containers and review the contents to make sure they match the items on the bill of lading. We are currently working through our networks to allow us to recover the rest of the shipment. ," he said.
He said the recovery of some of the containers would help his team to ensure that alleged agents involved in the act are prosecuted.
"We have enough evidence to prosecute all those involved, including convicted customs officers, and the command is willing to cooperate with the police to make it a deterrent to others," he said.
The Commanding Officer advised the public to endeavor to exercise due diligence with respect to the shipments from the port that were sold to him.
Attempt failed
In addition, on June 1, 2019, the Tema Customs Command foiled an attempt to divert another five containers, which would be a consignment of car batteries, which were also transferred to the Atlas terminal.
Dr. Okoh-Appiah said that the shipment, bearing the container numbers PCIU1558065, PCIU1991377, PCIU1803143 and TEMU5297540, had since been sent to the former state warehouse, after the officials had discovered that shipments were under-reported to evade taxes on importation.
He emphasized that the command would conduct new investigations to ensure that the necessary sanctions are applied to those considered to be part of the system.
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