One more individual was arrested in connection with the tax evasion case involving some Customs officials, customs brokers and businessmen from various economic activities in Maputo City.

This is a customs broker, of Malian nationality, whose arrest was made this Wednesday in South Africa, after diligence around the criminal case, with the Attorney General's Office of Maputo City.

This brings to nine the number of individuals arrested in this case, which resulted from a complaint.

The scheme consisted in the acquisition of goods at the source, on behalf of importing companies, and already at the port of Maputo, for clearance, the accused falsified the documents, to benefit from exemption.

In return, the customs officials involved in the case received part of the amount that should go to the state coffers.

In a statement, the PGR reports that the accused defrauded the state of more than 1.2 billion meticais.