NPA seizes GHc1.4m smuggled petrol

Fifteen truckloads of smuggled petroleum products worth GH¢1.4 million have been impounded. Officials of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), in collaboration with security personnel, impounded the 15 trucks last week.

Each of the trucks was loaded with 54,000 litres of either petrol or diesel. The Chief Executive Officer of the NPA, Mr Hassan Tampuli, disclosed this in an interview with the Daily Graphic last Saturday.
Five drivers had been picked up for questioning, he said, and noted that others were also being investigated.