Contraband cigarettes worth billions seized

>The Police Force, in collaboration with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and the Fair Competition Commission (FCC) have arrested three people in various parts of Mbagala  for stocking and selling contraband cigarettes worth billions of shillings in the past week.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Business Standard

17 Jun

74 kg contraband seized from Tanzanian woman at Mumbai airport

74 kg contraband seized from Tanzanian woman at Mumbai airport
Business Standard
In one of the biggest drugs seizure at Mumbai airport, the Customs department's Air Intelligence Unit today seized 74 kgs of a contraband, suspected to be methaqualone, from a Tanzanian national. "We have arrested Chambo Fatma Basil under NDPS Act ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Nov

Panic as houses worth billions demolished

A major government operation yesterday brought property worth billions of shillings tumbling down after they were found to have encroached on public spaces including road reserve areas.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

10 May

Kagera region starts projects worth billions

Kagera region starts projects worth billions
Daily News
RESIDENTS of Bugene Ward in Karagwe District have been commended for constructing a hostel that accommodates 50 students who will join Form Five this year. Leader of the Uhuru Torch Race, Ms Rachel Kassanda, hailed the residents on Thursday ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News &Amp; Analysis

18 Jun

Drugs worth Rs7.4 crore seized from airport

Daily News & Analysis
Drugs worth Rs7.4 crore seized from airport
Daily News & Analysis
According to additional commissioner (airport customs) Milind Lanjewar, the accused, a Tanzanian national identified as Chambo Fatma Basil, was departing to Dar Es Salaam via Doha by Qatar Airways. The airport staff found the contraband after screening ...
Meth worth Rs 7.4 crore seizedThe Asian Age
Tanzanian woman caught in Mumbai airport’s biggest narcotics haul ...NYOOOZ

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Nov

Contraband minerals ready for auctioning

>The government has started auctioning over Sh100 million worth minerals it confiscated at three airports, an official with the Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency (TMAA) has said.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Jun

Budget: look beyond drinks, cigarettes

Tanzanians are waiting with bated breath today as Finance Minister Saada Mkuya tables her 2014/15 Budget, estimated at $12 billion (Sh19.8 trillion). Now each time the annual budget is read in Parliament, there cannot be any medals for guessing where the money will be sourced.

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

16 Dec

TRA Impounds Smuggled Contraband Sugar

TRA Impounds Smuggled Contraband Sugar
AllAfrica.com
TANZANIA Revenue Authority (TRA) has confiscated 1,158 bags of contraband sugar between September and December, as a crackdown against smuggling of the product intensifies. The TRA Director of Taxpayer Services and Education, Richard Kayombo ...
TRA vows to end sugar smugglingIPPmedia

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Jun

E-cigarettes could sweeten potential deal

When Lorillard Inc bought the blu eCigs brand two years ago, the electronic cigarette had a 10 per cent share of a tiny US market, generating about $50 million in sales. It was available in only 12,000 retail outlets and over the Internet.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Feb

Madagascar seizes Tanzanian vessel with contraband logs

Madagascar authorities have seized a stricken Tanzanian vessel laden with thousands of logs of the rare and precious red ruby coloured rosewood, police said Wednesday.

 

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