{"id":17802,"date":"2022-06-21T11:13:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/police-on-alert-for-foreign-commercial-drivers"},"modified":"2022-06-21T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:41:19","slug":"police-on-alert-for-foreign-commercial-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-on-alert-for-foreign-commercial-drivers","title":{"rendered":"Police on alert for foreign commercial drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Alagie Manneh<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Gambia police are still on alert mode in its campaign to rid the Gambian roads of foreign commercial drivers. Deputy police spokesperson, Inspector Alieu Jamanka said yesterday that the police are \u201cwatching\u201d and asked to remain \u201cvigilant\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the police announced a \u2018special traffic enforcement\u2019 to crackdown on use of commercial vehicles by foreign nationals, citing public safety and a presidential declaration banning the use of commercial vehicles by foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForeigners are not allowed to drive commercial vehicles. We are banking on section 30 of the Motor Traffic Act to stop the use of commercial vehicles by foreigners,\u201d Inspector Jamanka reiterated. He said the police have been on alert since announcing the crackdown last month, and have made arrests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no special operation that is launched to curb the issue,\u201d he said, \u201cbut we are watching, and we are so vigilant. We are very serious about the issue. Foreigners are not allowed to drive commercial vehicles. As such, we will not relent in making sure we put a stop to it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Inspector Jamanka added that it is the prerogative of the police to seize any licence that is acquired illegally. \u201cWhen such licence is seized, the magistrate has powers to punish under section 90 of the Motor Traffic Act\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cFew people have been caught [since the operation started] and they may have been taken to court. It is an everyday operation. The traffic officers are trained and they know what they have to do. Everyday, traffic officers are on the watch for such cases, and to maintain traffic laws.\u201d Announcing the operation last month, the police said it forms part of Operation Road Safety, a programme initiated to curb road traffic accidents.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: The Gambia | Standard News From The Gambia<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alagie Manneh Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Gambia police are still on alert mode in its campaign to rid the Gambian roads of foreign commercial drivers. Deputy police spokesperson, Inspector Alieu Jamanka said yesterday that the police are \u201cwatching\u201d and asked to remain \u201cvigilant\u201d. In May, the police announced a \u2018special traffic enforcement\u2019 to crackdown on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":17801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[2355,2361,7134,260,111],"class_list":["post-17802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-commercial-drivers","tag-gambia","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police on alert for foreign commercial drivers - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gambia police are still on alert mode in its campaign to rid the Gambian roads of foreign commercial drivers. 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