The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has confiscated 107 bales of second-hand clothes estimated at over USD$30 000 from a suspected smuggler in Waterfalls, Harare.
The anti-graft organisation announced the development in a statement on Wednesday morning.
“ZACC received a tip-off that there were bales of second hand clothes at Number 212 Ferndale Road, Waterfalls, Harare believed to be a storage facility for second hand clothing smuggled into the country for resale,” read the statement.
“Investigations by ZACC revealed the bales were stashed in a room rented out to Takudzwa Marshal Kaluza of Budiriro.
“While the team was loading the bales into a truck for transportation to ZIMRA Offices for further investigations, Kaluza escaped leaving behind his vehicle a Toyota Hiace (AFK2227).
“The recovered 107 bales were handed over to ZIMRA awaiting assessment of payable duty and penalties while Kaluza’s vehicle is being held pending further investigations.”
ZACC recently launched investigations on Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials and security forces at the borders following reports of smuggling of goods.
“We are investigating the Zimra officials and the law enforcement agents at the borders to find out how those buses are actually bypassing the regulations at the border.
“In some of the buses, you find out that it is only the driver and the conductor, there are no passengers in there. It is now the buses being used to carry contraband into South Africa,” ZACC chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo said.
Ndozvega zvamogona Pomona gate is going ahead, Fire engines issue that has come to light is going ahead, Morton Jeffrey pumps went ahead, should we mention more, this commission should be Renamed Corruption Commission of Zimbabwe.
How is it costing the country importing bales. Real issues are not being discussed, we are loosing hundreds of millions of USD and nothing is being done even when half the work the commission is supposed to do has been done by the media, its such a shame
These are useless commissions wasting taxpayers money arresting pple who are trying to earn a living leaving those looting millions of dollars & gold smugglers nxaaa this is rubbish to hell with this anticorruption its useless
Ngoni Ivine Muza tax yipi?😂
Joe Love am sorry
We don’t care about bale’s go after those stealing tax payers monies selling second hand clothes is not corruption
Do you know that second hand clothes have nothing to do with the free-fall economy. They have everything to do with further impoverishing the underclasses!
ZACC with all due respect is an afront against the underclasses. ZACC is capitalistic in nature, attitude and character but masquerades as being anti- corruption.
What is corruption: Corruption is exporting precious unprocessed minerals gold platinum and diamonds and get peanuts as a country.
Corruption is building warehouses instead of manufacturing factories.
Aluta Continua saka matii
Aluta Continua true
I thought u have confiscated the money from those corrupt politicians,
Heads full of hutsinye no developmental plans….
Any Person smuggling anything is using a Zanu pf link. It might be direct or indirect .
This commission should be dissolved
shame Zacc should be serious!
Aim higher ie the real looters.
Kurwira madhende how shameful when have we been reduced to lower than scam like this?
Zacc yezanu basa nderekushungurudza vanhu ko ma15 billion ndoasina basa here
Ko sei muchiita sekuti kusunga kwenyu is remotely controlled. Pomona nepanobiwa chaizvo hamusunge wani
Uyo mupfumira uyo nanhasi ari kumwa nekuja,hamuna ngetani here ndikukweretesei
kwamufanirwa kusenza munosiya check ministers
Ana Comrade July Moyo havasi kubira nyika asi vebhero ndivo vakubira nyika.
#Mwari_pindirai
Kungwarira zvisina basa
Hapana chavatadza batali mnangagwa
Munhu asingabiri munhu ndiye wamunoti nanga nanga naye nxaaa
Manje tazoneta navo vana bhanguza vanongokudza mazidzoro pazvinhu zvevanhu varikutambura kune corruption chaiko havasvike nonsense
Why escaping. Haisi mbanje. Kungopedzerana navo wobhadhara duty
Zacc kumabhero??
Aiwawo muritutsoko imi zvamakabata vaiburitsa goridhe munyika makagodii navo
Siyai vanhu vatengese izvo .
Majoring minor things
Good for nothing