The police on Tuesday, May 12th, impounded dozens of commercial vehicles as part of nation-wide operations to enforce the Gambia government COVID-19 emergency regulations.
Revealing this information to Gambia Daily in an interview, Commissioner King Colley of the Mobile Traffic Unit said about 36 drivers were variously arrested for the alleged offences of expanding fares and loading beyond the recommended capacity. They are due to appear before a competent court of law Wednesday, May 13th.
Since the declaration of the State of Public Emergency by the government, travellers have been encountering hardships on the roads as many commercial vehicle drivers to conform to the emergency regulations.
The police Commissioner declared that the police are now going all out to bring back stability to the roads by ensuring that drivers respect the emergency regulations.
The police have now planned a new strategy in which it sends out officers on undercover missions by embedding them in the civilian population in vehicles.
“The public has been complaining about activities of drivers but we did not have evidence because people are unwilling to be witnesses. We have deployed a new strategy and sent people on undercover missions and they have discovered lot of irregularities in the traffic. Left to Gambians alone, we will not have any witness, but we are using this strategy to make arrests,” he explained.
