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General News on Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-05-28
Officials from EOCO and GRA had exchanges regarding a shipment containing rosewood
Three trucks carrying rosewood from Dambai to Tema were intercepted at the Afienya axle weighing point in the Greater Accra Ningo Prampram District, confusing the staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority and the Office of Wrestling against organized and economic crime.
The GRA Counter Intelligence Unit first intercepted five 20-foot containers carrying rosewood between Dambai and Tema port on the Akosombo highway.
The interception comes as a result of a ban on the export of rosewood.
The goods were intercepted at the weighing point of the Afienya Axle.
After the arrest, members of the GRA, accompanied by armed soldiers, requested the permit covering the consignment, which created confusion between them and the staff of EOCO, who appeared to avail themselves of the relevant case law. to this shipment.
This led to exchanges between the two units.
According to the GRA officer, who was called Obiri Yeboah, EOCO officials asked him to hand over the keys to the truck, but he refused to do so on the pretext that the GRA had to exercise due diligence with regard to trucks at customs. collection point at the airport before it can be handed over to another agency.
The release of the keys created a confusion between the two parties which almost ended up becoming conflictual.
The axle weighers also claimed payment of the overload penalty for trucks carrying rosewood, which amounted to 5,000 Ghanaian cedis.
This was, however, not respected, as the soldiers accompanying the GRA representatives at the scene ordered the truck to move on the orders of a senior officer, whose name was not known. has not been communicated to the media.
WHO, Musa Tibila, member of the station's security staff, said he was disappointed with the way trucks were asked to be released without payment.
However, he quickly added that, despite the publication, the GRA had given badurances that the amount in question would be collected from the owner of the goods and later sent to the headquarters of the axle load.
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