By MUYANI SHINJABALEGOVERNMENT is scaling up measures to curb smuggling of mealie meal into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ensure that the commodity is readily available locally, says Copperbelt Minister Japhen Mwakalombe.He was confident that smugglers would be wiped out soon.Speaking in Ndola, Mr Mwakalombe said that Government would deal with the smugglers sternly and warned perpetrators that their days were numbered.The Minister said security officers recently confiscated three trucks with about 2,000 bags of mealie meal, which were destoned to the DRC.Government, he said, would not give up the fight against smuggling and would ensure that the vice was put to an end.He indicated that once found, smugglers would have their mealie meal and vessels seized and forfeited to the state which would get a courts order to sell the commodity at K40 per 25 kilogramme bag.Mr Mwakalombe stated that smugglers were mere thieves who were stealing from the people and causing […]
‘Smugglers will be wiped out’
