The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is to receive a gift of a US$4 million container scanner from the government of the People’s Republic of China, which Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur says will boost its export surveillance capacity, thereby ensuring revenue collection and detecting drugs being smuggled through the ports.
The container scanner, due to arrive today, is said to be a mobile unit unlike the fixed one already in place at Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) Wharf.
Speaking to this newspaper yesterday, Sattaur said the scanner will be used to enhance the GRA’s surveillance of outward-bound containerised cargo from the Georgetown wharves. The GRA not only scans for narcotics and other illegal items but also for verification of the contents of the container against shipping documents presented