5 CEPS men, 10 agents arrested

Five officials of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) and 10 clearing agents have been arrested for their involvement in various fraudulent tax deals running into billions of cedis. Their offences range from the removal of uncustomed goods belonging to China Resources Company from the Tema Port, to bribery, forgery of documents and smuggling of seven tanker-loads of fuel from the yard of theTema Oil Refinery (TOR).

Five officials of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) and 10 clearing agents have been arrested for their involvement in various fraudulent tax deals running into billions of cedis. Their offences range from the removal of uncustomed goods belonging to China Resources Company from the Tema Port, to bribery, forgery of documents and smuggling of seven tanker-loads of fuel from the yard of theTema Oil Refinery (TOR).