The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Excise Unit has confiscated cartons of malt, vodka, Coca-Cola, and carbonated beverages.
The GRA estimates that the market value of these drinks is hundreds of Ghana Cedis.
The products were found to be being sold in an open market without the necessary excise stamp, indicating an attempt to avoid tax.
Head of the GRA Excise Unit, Kwabena Apau, announced the seizure and lamented the outrageous rates at which people violate the country’s revenue collection regulations.
“We have intercepted bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, beer such as Heineken, cigarettes etc. and we expect that those products would have been fixed with stamps either manufactured locally or imported and we have noticed that most people are now flouting the law.”
Additionally, he stated that the GRA is committed to upholding the nation’s tax rules in order to stop the evasion of taxes.