Buying drivers’ licence rife in Pretoria
"You can find yourself on the wrong side of the law when you buy a drivers' licence,"
The police have warned residents to avoid buying their drivers’ licences but rather follow proper channels.
The warning comes after yet another victim, a 33-year-old man, from Hammanskraal reported to the Temba Police Station that he was robbed of R3 700 while trying to get a quick drivers’ licence on Monday.
Police spokesperson Constable Herman Moremi said the man was not the first victim to report a case of this nature to the police.
The victim told the police that someone had referred him to a guy who could help him quickly get the licence without actually presenting himself to the testing station.
“We have opened such cases before, but normally such cases do not go far because of a lack of evidence. One case was recently thrown out of court,” said Moremi.
He said the cases were examples of how risky it was trying to get the licence through bribery and corruption.
“The other thing is…there is no element of crime in such cases.”
He encouraged people to follow proper channels of obtaining a licence.
“You can also find yourself on the wrong side of the law by trying to buy a drivers’ licence. Buying a licence is illegal,” he said.
This week, a Soshanguve resident Albert Chipana tweeted that a man named Ally Mashilo had robbed him while he trying to buy drivers’ licence from him.
https://twitter.com/ChipanaAlbert/status/778156095743426561
Another victim told Rekord that after years of struggling to get his licence the legitimate way, he had decided to try the back door by paying every bribe necessary.
He said he paid R3 700 but the man who was supposed to help him had disappeared with his money.
“His phone has been off since, I can’t trace him, he’s gone. The police just told me to go back to the man because they were not there when we made the agreement,” he said.
“They promise you of a guaranteed pass, but then run away with your money.”
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