Tema CEPS activities halted temporarily

Tema (Greater Accra) 25 Jan. 2000

Work at the Tema Long Room of Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) on Monday came to a standstill when unregistered clearing agents, who were refused entry barricaded the entrance to the hall.

The Tema Police had to use tear gas to disperse the demonstrating agents, who were wearing red bands and chanting war songs.

The Police Buffalo Unit had to mount a guard before business could start. Ms Monica Acquah, Public Relations Officer of CEPS, told newsmen that CEPS had introduced a policy, under which it would transact business with only registered agents and freight forwarders, who holds identification cards issued by CEPS.