The Kenya Revenue Authority on Tuesday intercepted two luxury Mercedes Benz vehicles concealed as humanitarian and hospital donations at the Port of Mombasa.
The vehicles arrived in a 40-foot container on September 12, 2016.
They were destined for Uganda and the exporter’s identity and address were listed as ‘VShip 36-36Rd street Ste 207 Long Island City NY 11106.’
The consignee was identified as Wa-Jo Memorial Medical Centre of PO Box 647 Mbale, Uganda.
“The names of the exporter and the consignee were suspect. We decided to subject the container to a scanning process on January 27,” said Nicholas Kinoti, KRA deputy commissioner for the Southern region.
Kinoti said scanned images contradicted the declaration in the manifest.
“KRA will partner with Interpol to find out if the cars were stolen. KRA would have lost approximately Sh4 million in revenue in this consignment,” he said.