The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is investigating five cars among them three Range Rovers, one Toyota Landcruiser Prado V8 and a Subaru over tax evasion claims.
The vehicles, held at Nairobi County Police Headquarters were impounded by flying squad officers on Wednesday while on routine patrol.
In a statement to newsrooms on Thursday, KRA said the vehicles were seized along Mombasa Road following a tip off.
The five vehicles are part of 300 vehicles profiled earlier in the year owing to non-payment of taxes and improper registration procedures.
The motor vehicles with irregularities are; KAY939L – Land Rover Sport, KCH956T – Range Rover Vogue, KCG899V - Range Rover Vogue, KCB786J- Toyota Landcruiser Prado V8 and KCE219D – Subaru Forester.
Early this month, the Authority intercepted a container with two Range Rovers that had been wrongly declared at the Port of Mombasa, following intelligence from the United Kingdom.
The vehicles were declared as bicycles but scanned images including those from the intelligence source contradicted the declaration.
The Kenya Revenue Authority has in the recent past publicly listed 124 vehicles comprising of Sports Utility Vehicles and related luxury vehicles, with outstanding tax issues.
The vehicles have been under investigations for tax evasion and other fraudulent schemes.
Some were initially declared as transit cargo but later dumped in the country.
The Authority has tightened the noose against masterminds of the syndicate that evades tax by misdeclaring and underdeclaring goods.