The City of Cape Town’s law enforcement agencies arrested four motorists in separate incidents in the past two weeks for having outstanding warrants close to R500 000.
PICTURE: PixabayThe motorists, says the City, are on the Top
100 list of offenders. Two of the motorists were arrested during an operation
in the Mitchells Plain area, last Thursday– they had 87 warrants between them,
valued at R270 100.
A week prior, two others were arrested with 43
combined warrants valued at R226 550. One of the suspects is believed to have outstanding
warrants totaling nearly R200 000.
‘’That’s four motorists who have racked up just
shy of half a million rand in unpaid fines, warrants and contempt of court
penalties. They are poster children for that section of our motoring public who
still believe that they can get away with their misdeeds. Hopefully this turn
of events will make them reconsider. At least one of the four is still behind
bars at Pollsmoor after he couldn’t come up with the R18 000 bail amount,’’
said JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security.
‘’In the past year, we have seen increased
compliance from some motorists, but there are still many scofflaws on our roads
daily, who think they are above the law. I hope these arrests serve as a
cautionary tale,’’ he added.
Done by: Stephanie van Rayen
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