By Correspondent
A Customs agent has been charged before Busia Law courts with counts
relating to tax evasion in 32,000 litres of ethanol worth Kshs 10.8
million in taxes.
Paul Otieno Owiti was arraigned to answer to a charge of being
possession of restricted goods contrary to section 200(d)ii as read
with section 210 and 211 of the EACCMA,2004.
Customs and Border Control officers arrested the accused at the Busia
One Stop Border Post on the 15th January 2021 after he, jointly with
others, participated in the fraudulent clearance of 128 drums of 250
litres of extra neutral alcohol.
Owiti denied the charge before Senior Principal Magistrate Hon. Patrick
Olengo and was released on Kshs 100,000 bond or bail of Kshs 50,000.
In the same court David Maina Kirathe faced two counts of concealment
of imported goods contrary to section 202(a) of the EACCMA,2004 and
that of being knowingly concerned with fraudulent evasion of duty
contrary to section 203(e) of the EACCMA,2004.
Maina was arrested at Malaba One Stop Border Post after he concealed 35
drums of 250 litres of ethanol worth Kshs 4 million in taxes by using
pineapples on a motor vehicle. The truck was flagged by Customs &
Border enforcement officers upon suspicion that it was conveying
ethanol.
The accused person was released on bond of Kshs 200,000. The case will
be heard on 1st June 2021.
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