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KRA seizes smuggled ethanol and Range Rover at Mombasa port

Members of the multi-agency team that conducted the verification exercise that revealed the smuggled ethanol and Range Rover SUV at the Mombasa port. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  Anthony Kitimo

Correspondent

What you need to know:

  • Taxman intercepts 144 drums of ethanol and a Range Rover SUV mis-declared as cement and household goods respectively.
  • The vehicle is suspected to have been stolen from the United Kingdom.
  • Ethanol importation is restricted and only allowed for licensed firms and dealers in bid to stem the production of illicit alcohol.

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officers have seized three containers with ethanol and a high-end motor vehicle worth millions of shillings at the Port of Mombasa.

Custom officers intercepted 144 drums of imported ethanol and one Range Rover Sports Utility Vehicle suspected to have been stolen from the United Kingdom.

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