The prosecution, led by Senior State Attorney Shadrack Kimaro
teaming with State Attorney Estazia Wilson, claimed that the accused
committed the first offence between August 15 and 31, last year, at the
Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA).
The accused are charged contrary to Regulation 10 (a), of the
Foreign Exchange Regulations (GN), number 629 of 1998 read together with
Section 12 (2) (a) and (3), of the Foreign Exchange Act [cap 271 R:E
2002.
Reading the charges, Wilson alleged that on the material day the
accused transported to China 10,000 notes of five hundred denominations
each worth five million without a permit from the Governor of the Bank
of Tanzania.
The accused are also alleged to have commited such an offence between December 22 and 31, 2015 at JNIA.
On the third count, it was alleged that on March 15, this year, at
the same place, the accused were found transporting to China 40,000
notes of five hundred denomination each worth 20m/- without a permit
from the governor of the Bank of Tanzania. The accused pleaded guilty to
the charges.
Before the court issued a punishment to the accused the prosecution read the preliminary hearing against the accused.
Reading it, Kimaro claimed that on March 13, the accused Ning
arrived in Tanzania from China with the purpose of collecting the said
money and during his staying in the country he was hosted by the accused
Quan. While in Tanzania, Ning gave his counterpart Quan USD 8,120 who
also deposited USD8, 000 in his US Dollar account at CRDB Bank,
Kariakoo branch, in Dar es Salaam.
Kimaro claimed that on March 15, this year, the accused Ning was
departing to China with 20m/- cash, an amount of money which was
withdrawn by the second accused from his account on March 10. On the
fateful day, Ning was escorted by Quan.
The prosecutor said that Ning was arrested while in the process of checking-in at the Julius Nyerere International Airport.
The case was adjourned until today.
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