Customs in massive goods seizures

THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) in Beitbridge has seized goods worth thousands of dollars from travellers, among them tomatoes, onions and potatoes.

Large consignments of washing powder, soap, furniture, roofing sheets, wheelbarrows, with used and new window frames also constituting seized goods as the department tightened screws on importers of goods that can be manufactured locally.

Zimra spokesperson Taungana Ndoro confirmed the seizures, saying it was provided for by a Statutory Instrument.

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