A police investigative team found that a sizable amount of the salt production had been forcibly taken in order to increase inflation.
Mr. Tadele Abebaew Desta , the suspect in the case, knowingly increased the price of salt products in Addis Abeba city, Aqaki, Kaliti sub-district district 7, Kaliti Gabriel, Lafto sub-district district 12, Haile Garment, and Gelan in Sheger city by utilising illegal methods.
Due to a tip from the general public, the Ethiopian Federal Police and the Ethiopian Customs Commission coordinated an operation at large warehouses in the Guda Subdistrict, District 3. A significant amount of salt was seized as a result.
The case is made that the illegally kept salt commodity is a component of a deliberate price-hike strategy.
There is a lot of information related to high tax evasion in general since it was learned that the salt product and the stock are created in a way that is not good for the user’s health.
A substantial amount of illegal salt was seized, and further suspects connected to the case are being investigated, according to numerous government officials involved in the affair and the investigation team, because the material presented implies that they are connected to the specialists.
The investigative team thanked the neighbourhood for its suggestions and cooperation, made a public announcement about the investigation’s results, and pleaded with the neighbourhood to continue its typical cooperation.