The vehicle registration number RAA 613U, Dyna type, was intercepted in Gacundura Cell of Bwerere Sector on December 30.<\/p>\n
Inspector of Police (IP) Innocent Gasasira, the Police spokesperson for the Northern region, said two people; a driver and the alleged owner of the goods, have been arrested.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a targeted operation based on real information the District Police Unit of Burera had received from a resident, at the vehicle was intercepted at the mounted roadblock,\u201d IP Gasasira said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir dossier is being processed to be forwarded to prosecution. However, the owner of the smuggled clothes, after they were caught, tried to give a bribe of Rwf30000 to the officer in charge, a crime which he will also have to answer before courts of law;. \u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Bribery under article 641 of the penal code, attract a term of imprisonment of between five and seven years, and a fine of two to ten times the value of the illegal benefit offered or promised. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have arrested a number of smugglers of second hand clothes especially in Burera due to its strategic location, in the recent past, but most of them are pedestrians and bicyclist,\u201d said IP Gasasira.<\/p>\n
The impounded smuggled goods are handed over to the Revenue Protection Unit, which is charged with fighting fraud and smuggling, among others.<\/p>\n
Article 369 of the Penal Code also states that a taxpayer guilty of tax evasion shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of between three to six months and a fine equal to the evaded tax.<\/p>\n
The law establishing Value Added Tax, in its article 200, partly stipulates a fine of 50 percent of the dutiable value of the goods involved, or both.<\/p>\n
Article 199 of the East African Community Management Act, which is also used in Rwanda, specifies a penalty of US$5000 to a driver found driving a vehicle with smuggled goods while the vehicle is auctioned.<\/p>\n
If the taxpayer is guilty of deliberate tax evasion, such as false deliberate accounting entries, forgery and falsification of records or any other act punishable by law, he\/she shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of six months to two years and a fine equal to the evaded tax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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