NATIONAL NEWS: Taxi driver in Mokopane court for overloading taxi
"A taxi driver was arrested near Mokopane on Monday for overloading his 15-seater taxi with 31 passengers."
A man started the New Year off behind bars after he was arrested on Monday on the N1 outside of Mokopane for overloading his taxi with 31 passengers, 14 of which were said to be illegal immigrants.
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Joshua Kwapa, Departmental Spokesperson for Traffic in Limpopo, said: “The traffic officers were stunned to find that the driver was commuting 31 passengers – double the number the 15-seater was meant to carry. They further found that 14 of the passengers did not have the legal documents to be in the country”, said the Bosveld Review.
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“Home Affairs has been called in to detain those undocumented migrants who were travelling from Zimbabwe to Gauteng,” Kwapa continued.”
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The Bosveld Review said, the driver, from Zimbabwe, was arrested and handed over to the Mokopane Police where he will be appearing before the Mokopane Magistrate’s Court soon, Kwapa concluded.
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