Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says it will donate the seized cooking oil worth over one million to eligible government agencies, institutions, Charitable organizations and Defence Forces.
ZRA Corporate Affairs Officer Topsy Sikalinda told Mwebantu in a statement that the cooking oil was intercepted at Chirundu Border post on Tuesday last week after an attempt to smuggle it into the country using fake import permits.
Meanwhile, Sikalinda says the authority has released the trucks that were used to smuggle the cooking oil back to the transporter.
He said the decision was arrived at after receiving cooperation from the transporter and the Authority has proved beyond any reasonable doubt that the transporter was not complicit in the illegal activity by the Agent and the Importer.
“We are encouraging other transporters to emulate this transporter and report smuggling activities to ZRA,” said Sikalinda.
Source: Mwebantu
