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BURS intensifies searches at ports of entry

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | 1840 Views |

The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) says it will intensify physical searches at all commercial border posts and international airports in response to rising levels of smuggling at points of entry.

The tax authority’s Commissioner General, Jeanette Makgolo, said as part of their developed multifaceted revenue mobilisation strategy, they will amongst other things, intensify these searches to detect any forms of smuggling and any other non-compliance.

Customs and border control has always faced challenges in preventing illicit trade and the increase in the number of cases involving goods smuggled into the country.

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