Kenyan crime is not only alarming but is crossing the border as well. This is as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has impounded two high-end vehicles at the port of Mombasa destined for Kampala, Uganda.
The vehicles, believed to have been stolen in the United Kingdom, had been concealed in a forty-foot container.
The operation was conducted after KRA received intelligence reports of the suspected stolen vehicles.
Maersk Brooklyn, from the United Kingdom. On 27th February 2019, KRA Customs officers received intelligence reports that the container had suspected stolen motor vehicles.
KRA then requested the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to place the two containers on hold and subject them to scanning and verification at the Customs Warehouse.
Import documents indicated that the container was carrying one Mercedes Benz A180 and a BMW 125I Sport. When the container was scanned on 28th March 2019, images revealed the shapes of the two high-end vehicles.
Upon 100 % verification by a Multi-Agency Team on 3rd April, 2019, the container was found with one unit used Range Rover Sport HSE SDV6 and One unit used BMW X5. The vehicles declared in the manifest and bill of lading were not found in the container.
According to the Manifest, the exporter was Kola Solomon from London, UK and the Consignee was listed as Namanya Alex of Kampala, Uganda.
KRA officer Kelvin Safari noted that the authority was working with the local and international investigation and enforcement agencies with the aim of arresting and prosecuting those behind the international vehicles smuggling agency.