URA has continued to crack a whip on all those found in possession of contraband cosmetics to protect the lives of Ugandans and encourage fair competition. Recently, the customs team in fort portal were led to an identified store in which they discovered a smuggled consignment from DRC. They were 85 cartons of assorted cosmetics. …
For habitual smugglers, it is obvious that they have an idea of URA enforcement operations including their known vehicles that they use during interceptions. However, URA staff have not given up the fight against the vice. In Jinja, the only tactic the team applied was to change a vehicle. This gave comfort to the smugglers …
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Last Thursday in an intelligence led operation, the Jinja enforcement team intercepted truck number UBN075J that was conveying Pakistan re-bagged rice. The team received intelligence of a truck that was headed to Kampala with concealed Pakistan rice. “The local rice was placed on top in branded bags of kaka while the Pakistan rice was concealed under,” Philip Ofubo narrated. …
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The main goal of most smugglers is the “get-rich-quick” mission. They completely ignore the risks involved with smuggling and keep trying their luck. I am sure this is the same reasoning the smugglers recently caught in Mutukula had. From intelligence reports, they were repetitive offenders who often used porous routes through Mutukula to find their …
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