{"id":687093,"date":"2019-08-20T20:03:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_1\">The tax authorities in Zambia have started using drone surveillance to track down lorries smuggling in goods to avoid c"},"modified":"2019-08-20T20:03:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:03:12","slug":"drones-hunt-down-truckers-evading-tax-in-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/20\/drones-hunt-down-truckers-evading-tax-in-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones &#8216;hunt down truckers evading tax&#8217; in Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_1\">The tax authorities in Zambia have started using drone surveillance to track down lorries smuggling in goods to avoid customs duty.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_2\">Seven trucks were impounded by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in the north of the country over the weekend after drones spotted them hidden in the bush off the main road.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_3\">\u201cThe drones go out on patrol on risky routes or complicated routes where our ground patrols or checkpoints have failed,\u201d ZRA corporate communications manager Topsy Sikalinda told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_4\">\u201cOn this particular operation, the drones went out on the Kapiri-Serenje route. They noticed that main road was empty and they picked up some activity about 14km [about nine miles] in the bush.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"lx-stream-post-body__media-asset lx-media-asset lx-media-asset--image lx-media-asset--landscape gs-u-mb+\" data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_5\">\n<\/figure>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_6\">Vehicles travelling south along the road could be coming from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi or Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_7\">Mr Sikalinda explained that drivers often offload goods in the bush and then put them on smaller vehicles that are not likely to be suspected.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_8\">\u201cWe take it to be local trade hence they escape the tax net,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1eru2wve33m.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d5a7c2855f8fe066dfacdb2.0.3.0.0:$post_9\">ZRA hopes to raise more revenue through the use of such technology, the tax official added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tax authorities in Zambia have started using drone surveillance to track down lorries smuggling in goods to avoid customs duty. 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