Last Friday, the URA enforcement team in Hoima together with Regional Intelligence Liaison Officer Western region exposed a habitual cosmetics smuggler.
Following intelligence reports, it was discovered that the smuggler had consistently piled his smuggled “goodies” in one of the houses behind Flobbeto Nursery and Primary School in hoima district ready for transportation to Kampala.
Unfortunately, the team on ground was alert and immediately cordoned off the house. In here,123 cartons of assorted cosmetics were discovered. These included;67 cartons of carolight lotion, 28 cartons of clairemen, 24 cartons ofBeaution lotion and 4 cartons of miki Claire crème.
“We discovered through our informer that the smuggler had counter intel on us and when we set off from our tactical base, his loaders started removing the sacks containing the cosmetics out of the house and spread them in the nearby banana plantation,” narrated John Lubakwidha a customs officer in Hoima.
Despite continuous smuggling of contraband items, URA has intensified intelligence guided operations leveraging the use of Non-Intrusive Inspection technology at the border points and field intelligence enforcement operations. URA is also intensifying tax education awareness, especially on the dangers of smuggling to the individual, the community and the economy.
