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The 459 gallons of 25-litres each were hidden in the goods compartments of a Bawku – Kumasi bound bus with registration number GN 2460-12. Officials of the division stationed at the Techiman Barrier became suspicious when the driver sped off after he had been asked to stop. After a hot chase, the Customs officials caught up with the bus and when an inspection was conducted, the goods were found hidden in various compartments without any tax documents covering them. Briefing Briefing the media about the incident, a Sector Commander of the Customs Division of GRA, Assistant Commissioner Seidu Yakubu expressed concern about recalcitrant traders who had taken advantage of the West African trade protocols to smuggle goods into the country to deny the state of its needed revenue. He estimated the Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF) of the intercepted gallons of oil at GH?39,864 and the tax liability as GH?18,119.08. Mr Yakubu added that management would decide the penalty to be paid by th...

A total of twenty-two people have reported dead from two separate accidents in the Northern Region over the weekend. In the first accident which occurred at Savelugu on the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway, two people died on the spot on Saturday morning. The second accident which occurred at Yapei-Yipala on the Tamale-Buipe highway claimed 16 lives on the spot early Sunday morning. It was later reported  early Monday morning that two persons have also passed on at the Tamale Teaching Hospital  totalling 22. According to informations gathered by starmediaghana.com,the drivers of the two accident vehicles were among those who died on the spot. About 70 others got injured in the two separate accidents. The Yapei-Yipala accident involved a Neoplan bus with registration number GW 2669 T, which carried 70passengers. It was travelling from Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi Municipality in the Northern Region to Ejura in the Ashanti region. The Northern Regional Police Public Relations O...