The Customs Department of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has turned over a truckload of 278 Cartons of assorted prohibited cigarettes seized at the Liberia-Guinea border in Nimba County. The turnover cigarettes were smuggled into the Country on February 7 and confiscated by Customs with the support of other members of the joint security operatives at the Bololewee Sub-port, Yekepa. Turning over the impounded goods in Diecke, Guinea on April 15, the head of LRA Customs Anti-Smuggling & Investigation Unit (ASIU), Abel Sneh, informed the Guinean Customs Authority that the prohibited cigarettes pose security and health threat to Liberia. The goods, he said, were treated in keeping with section 1214 of the adopted modernized customs code of 2018, which addresses Customs Control, Prohibitions and Restrictions. Sneh welcomed the cordial working relationship between the three Customs Administrations, especially the sharing of information and intelligence to prevent contraband, ensure security and safety and protect and enhance Customs revenue collection.
