Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Customs Enforcement officers from Lwakhakha Border Station in Western Region have intercepted a truck that was ferrying suspected 7,500 litres of uncustomed ethanol.
The consignment was contained in 30 drums each containing 250 litres of ethanol and was being smuggled from Uganda.
A search on the truck established that the suspected illicit ethanol consignment had been concealed under 2 tonnes of oranges.
According to KRA’s Customs team, the approximate value of customs duties and taxes on the ethanol consignment is Kshs 4 million.
The truck is currently detained at the Lwakhakha Border Station while investigations are ongoing.
The driver escaped and is now being sought by the police.
When the truck was driven in from Uganda, it had to go to the verification area.
The driver drove to the verification area and then disappeared with the keys. He has not been put in custody yet.
”We are looking for the owner through the copy of records, then he can avail the driver,” said a custom official.
