332 drivers prosecuted for misusing DV number plates

Three Hundred and thirty-two drivers accused of misusing defective vehicle (DV) and drive-from-port (DP) number plates have been fined GH¢ 139.00. 

The accused persons whose vehicles were impounded in two separate operations by the Accra Regional Command have appeared before the Motor and Magistrate Courts.

In the two swoops organized by the seven divisions under the Accra Regional Command on December 28, 2014 and January 3rd this year, 818 cars were impounded and their drivers arrested.

The PRO of the Accra Regional Police Command, ASP Affia Tenge, said the operation was to prevent people from using cars with DV number plates to commit crime.

She said a significant number of crime cases such as robberies and car snatching in recent times involved cars with DV and DP number plates.

Madam Tenge said though a few cases are still pending before the courts of which some drivers were acquitted and discharged, there are still a number of vehicles parked at police stations that have not been claimed by the owners.

GBC