Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) personnel at Leklebi-Dafor, on the Ghana Togo border, on Tuesday intercepted a Mitsubishi Pick-Up with registration number GR 7090J belonging to the New Times Corporation, with 566 litres of petrol, allegedly being smuggled out of the country.
Yaw Asiamah, the driver, who absconded initially, however, reported to CEPS officials at Ho on Wednesday. He was arrested and placed in police custody.
Mr. Emmanuel Buaben, Collector in -charge of Preventive, at the Leklebi-Dafor Post told the Ghana News Agency that at about 20 hours on Tuesday, he received a tip-off that a vehicle was discharging fuel at Leklebi-Duga, a few kilometres from the border with Togo.
He said eight officers were detailed to verify the report, but when they got to the scene, the vehicle, loaded with three drums of petrol had been abandoned.
Mr. Buaben said the officers sought the help of a mechanic at Ve-Golokwati to move the vehicle to the CEPS border post at Leklebi-Dafor.
Miss Endurance Moncar, Acting Assistant Commissioner, CEPS, in- charge of Ho sector said it is the responsibility of every citizen to help check smuggling.
