The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has arrested a vessel loaded with smuggled goods in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The vessel is said to be a Ghanaian vessel. LRA Senior Collector assigned at the Port of Buchanan, Vickie Wilson, accounted that the vessel arrived on Tuesday, February 18 at 2 a.m. at an unauthorized pier with the smuggled goods. Goods are smuggled with the intent of escaping tax payment, and if the vessel were not arrested, those who possess the goods would not have paid the taxes due to the government. According to the LRA, goods on the vessels were reportedly bought by Liberians who paid all the required taxes in Ghana and hired the Ghanaian-owned vessel to smuggle them to Liberia, with the intent of evading taxes.

Source: Daily Observer February 20, 2020 03:22 UTC