POLOKWANE – Limpopo Traffic Officers arrested three motorists this afternoon, 17 December in three separate incidents.
The first suspect was arrested on N1 South Near the Sand River for driving at 172km/h in a 120km/h zone and the second suspect was also caught speeding on N1 North near Tweefontein driving at 160km/h in a 100km/h zone.
The third suspect (a Zimbabwean national) was also arrested on the N1 North for for fraud after he produced a drivers license that is not his.
MEC for the Department of Transport and Community Safety, Makoma Makhurupetje has thanked traffic officials for a job well done.
“By effecting these arrests, we are setting an example to other motorists that we shall not tolerate reckless driving, as Limpopo remains a zero tolerant zone,” she concluded.
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