Jinja: Smugglers Counting Heavy Losses As Customs Enforcement Team Impounds Vehicles With Over 10 Tons Of Rice

Swift Daily NewsNovember 16, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsNovember 16, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu The customs enforcement team in Jinja has impounded six vehicles for conveying uncustomed rice. Philip Ofubo, a customs officer attached to the...

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Two Smugglers Netted With 240 Bags Of Peas From Canada, Risk Jail For 3yrs

Swift Daily NewsOctober 25, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsOctober 25, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu Yesterday, enforcement officers in Namayingo district held a truck registration number KDK 126E Isuzu for illegally importing green peas from Canada and...

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Smuggler To Cough Ugx50m After Being Intercepted With Over 500 Bags Of Simba Cement

Swift Daily NewsOctober 17, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsOctober 17, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu URA last weekend successfully intercepted an operation of a cement smuggler who had dodged the official check points to get to Kampala...

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Entebbe Airport: Deal Goes Bad As Foreign Smuggler Loses Over 200 Laptops To URA

Swift Daily NewsOctober 13, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsOctober 13, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu The URA customs at Entebbe Airport impounded a consignment containing over 200 used laptops last month. The Ag. Manager of Entebbe Customs,...

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Bonanza! Entebbe Customs Officials Confiscate Over 500 Brand New – Latest iPhones From Returning ‘Kadamas’

Swift Daily NewsSeptember 18, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsSeptember 18, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu A month-long sustained operation against the concealment of smart phones by returning Ugandans and visitors at Entebbe Airport has led to the...

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Shame: How Ambulance Driver Was Netted Transporting Smuggled Cigarettes

Swift Daily NewsSeptember 11, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsSeptember 11, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) customs officials in Pakwach have impounded an ambulance, bearing registration number UBD 512X and attached to Koboko...

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Deal Goes Bad: Gateway Bus Smuggler Caught With Assortment Worth Millions Crossing To Uganda

Swift Daily NewsSeptember 7, 2023September 7, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsSeptember 7, 2023September 7, 20230

By Annet Nantongo | URA An interstate bus, registration number UBM743T belonging to Gateway Company, was intercepted at the Uganda Revenue Authority Central Bus Terminal...

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Tax Scam: Four Investors Netted For Causing Gov’t Loss Worth Billions

Swift Daily NewsSeptember 3, 2023September 3, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsSeptember 3, 2023September 3, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu Four people including a company director have received prison sentences for perpetrating tax fraud. Rajesh Rabadiya, Bhudiya Devshi Jadva, and Suresh Bhudiya...

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Parliament Puts URA Bosses Under Spotlight Over Ugx34.7B

Swift Daily NewsJuly 11, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsJuly 11, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has expressed concern over the Uganda Revenue Authority’s (URA) retention of funds....

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Smuggling: Twenty Tons Of Rice & Waste Steel Scrap Seized In Mbale

Swift Daily NewsJuly 3, 2023

by Swift Daily NewsJuly 3, 20230

By Frank Kamuntu Uganda Revenue Authority enforcement teams have seized over 10 tons of rice and 10 tons of waste steel scraps coming into the...