Senior managers are among 13 people who have been arrested following the ongoing investigations against a tax evasion syndicate at the Port of Mombasa.
This comes after 104 containers were illegally removed from the port between June and July, leading to a loss of Sh100 million.
KRA commissioner general John Njiraini, had earlier said that different players in the sector including importers and their clearing agents, transport service providers, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) staff are suspected of being involved in the illegal business.
The multiagency probe is being carried out by KRA, KPA, National intelligence Service (NIS) and CID officers, who are tasked with finding out how the containers were illegally cleared from the port.
According to The Star Senior KPA and Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) officers are on the spot over the scandal.
The suspects who include directors of container Freight stations (CFS) will be arraigned in court on Friday.