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Mar 06, 2010 News
Suriname authorities have announced that they have broken a major gang which rented cars from that country and then smuggle them to Guyana for resale.
Not only did the men repaint the vehicles but there are evidence to suggest that documents were forged to get them from that country to Guyana.
According to reports in the Suriname media yesterday, the six-man gang rented the cars from rental companies using false identification and drivers’ license. They continued paying the rental fees until arrangements were made to bring the cars across to Guyana. The men would stop payments immediately after the vehicles entered Guyana.
While the reports did not immediately indicate the number of cars stolen through this scheme, it is believed that they were brought here legally via the Guyana/Suriname ferry and the use of pontoons in the night. The report said that rental companies were hard hit by the racket.
There have always been suspicions that vehicles were being smuggled from Suriname and Brazil.
In most cases, it was found that the vehicles were capitalising on loopholes at the Licence and Revenue Office using old registrations of vehicles no longer in service due to accidents or age.
The Guyana Revenue Authority had announced that hundreds of millions have been lost in taxes because of the non-payment of taxes.
The Licence and Revenue Office has since said that it has tightened controls in a new system that weeded out illegal vehicles in the country.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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