THE Preventive Unit of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) at Aflao has intercepted a truck loaded with 1,195 full and 60 half pieces of wax prints at Wute, near Akatsi in the Volta Region.
The vehicle, a 308 Mercedes Benz bus, with registration number GE 9867 W, was intercepted by a mobile patrol unit, led by Mr Nicholas Kwafo, upon a tip-off that the goods were being smuggled.
Briefing journalists at Aflao last Monday, the Chief Collector in charge of the Preventive Unit, Mr David Atta, said about 1.30 a.m. on May 23, this year, the patrol unit had a hint that the vehicle would cart the wax prints from a bush to Accra.
He said the unit moved in and impounded the vehicle, together with its occupants, who managed to escape.
Mr Atta added that the vehicle was towed by a tractor to the CEPS premises at Aflao.
He explained that it was only the Takoradi Port that was permitted to import textiles into the country, warning that any importer who flouted that directive would be arrested.
According to Mr Atta, the tax element of the impounded goods was GH¢4,025.2324.
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