Of­fi­cers of the Traf­fic and High­way Pa­trol Branch (TH­PB) cracked down on er­rant mo­torists dur­ing a 48-hour road polic­ing op­er­a­tion that earned praise from Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro.

Per­son­nel from the Debe and Freeport Units, along with of­fi­cers from oth­er sta­tion dis­tricts, car­ried out the ex­er­cis­es on Mon­day and Tues­day.

The op­er­a­tions tar­get­ed ma­jor thor­ough­fares, in­clud­ing the Sir Solomon Ho­choy High­way, Uri­ah But­ler High­way, Churchill Roo­sevelt High­way and Wright­son Road.

Of­fi­cers is­sued 163 Elec­tron­ic Fixed Penal­ty No­tices for var­i­ous traf­fic of­fences.

These in­clud­ed fail­ing to wear a seat­belt, im­prop­er over­tak­ing, us­ing a mo­bile de­vice while dri­ving, breach­ing traf­fic signs, dri­ving with de­fec­tive tyres, no in­spec­tion pa­pers, and dri­ving with­out a cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance.

In­spec­tor Dood­nath, Woman In­spec­tor Mo­han, Act­ing In­spec­tor Jit­mans­ingh, and Act­ing In­spec­tor Gayaper­sad of the TH­PB co­or­di­nat­ed the ex­er­cis­es.

Com­mis­sion­er Gue­var­ro ap­plaud­ed the of­fi­cers’ work and warned dri­vers to fol­low the law.

“This re­lent­less, ze­ro tol­er­ance ap­proach to road traf­fic breach­es will en­sure the safe­ty of all road users. I wish to thank the of­fi­cers for their ded­i­ca­tion and to al­so urge mo­torists to not run afoul of the law, or you will pay the penal­ty.”