Customs destroys unwholesome goods in Accra

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), today supervised the destruction of contaminated and unwholesome goods worth about $50,000 by the Waste Management Division of the AMA in Accra. 

Speaking to the media, Chief Revenue Officer in-charge of Preventive Unit of the GRA, Emmanuel Adjei, said some of the items were intercepted from smugglers plying the Eastern corridor road and other unapproved routes into the country. 

The items destroyed include cartons of unwholesome cigarettes, bags of marijuana, expired pharmaceuticals, pirated wax prints, contaminated alcoholic beverages.  

The Chief Revenue Officer in charge of Preventive Unit of the GRA, Emmanuel Adjei said some of the items which were retrieved were found to be poisonous and unwholesome for public consumption.

Mr. Adjei blamed the influx of sub-standard goods onto the Ghanaian market through the Eastern corridor to the porous nature of the country's entry points.

He appealed to government for adequate manpower to help clamp down on activities of smugglers on the road.

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