By
Isaac Newton Tetteh,GNA
Tema, Jan. 22, GNA –
Two hundred and eighty six cartons of electrical cables seized by the Ghana
Standards Authority for being ” sub standard” are on the market,
three years after confiscation at the Tema harbour.
The Tema Police
command after obtaining a search warrant gained access to a electrical shop in
Tema Community Nine where the confiscated goods had spirited to for sales to
the general public.
Speaking to the
media Mr. Francis Anokye, Manager of Kumasi based T- Digital Company, revealed that he was
shocked at how the goods which GSA officers claimed was being kept at the
customs bonded warehouse ended up in some one container for sale
He noted that his
Company which deals in electrical cables imported three 20 footer containers of
assorted electrical cables from China into the country.
According to him,
after the company had paid over 122,000 Ghana Cedis duty on the 335,000 dollar
export at the port, the Ghana Standards
Authority later declared the goods as sub standard, claiming it was not
conducive for use in the country.
The manager explained
that several attempts were made to get the GSA to rescend its decision but to
no avail.
According to him, T-
Digital Company was the only company which deals in Jordan branded electrical
cables in the entire country.
He said a
customer bought a product in Tema and
brought it to Kumasi , prompting them to
trace which company was involved in same trade only to find out that the very
same product which was confiscated had been sold to another person and was on
sale to the general public.
He expressed
gratitude to the Police for retrieving the goods from the shop into their custody for
investigations.
“We will now
resort to legal means to get the culprits of this criminal act brought to book,
“Mr. Anokye said.
GNA