A NUMBER of vehicles seized at the Takoradi Port and kept on the premises of the Takoradi collection point of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) have been left to rot beyond repairs.
According to a source at the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), some of the vehicles had been there for more than seven years and had passed through the stages leading to confiscation to the state.
When the Daily Graphic visited the car park at the port, seized vehicles, mainly private saloon cars, illegally imported into the country and over-aged ones, had been left at the mercy of the weather.
At the park near the GPHA offices, many of the vehicles had been taken over by overgrown weeds.
The order for the disposal of such vehicles, according to the source, was for quarterly public auction but for the past eight years that system had been changed and allocations made by letters from the seat of government.
At the moment, there are more than 100 vehicles which have been reduced to scrap by the weather.
According to the source, CEPS had embarked on the seizure of uncustomed vehicles in the Western Region, and many vehicles without proper documentation had been seized, and these are likely to be added to those in shambles now.
When contacted, the Deputy Regional CEPS commander, Mrs Mawusi Esi Dadjo, said it was a fact that the seized vehicles had been left to rot since the owners refused to return to pay the duty and collect them.
“For sometime now, we have not been able to do auctioning because of the issue of allocation and I hope everything possible is being done to ensure that the issue is addressed,” she said.
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