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Zimbabwe Police Intensify Crackdown on Unregistered Cars and Illegal Emergency Equipment

From AllAfrica Zimbabwe · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Zimbabwe police have ordered stations, districts and provinces to arrest drivers of vehicles without registration plates and impound the cars.
  • The campaign also targets unauthorised blue lights, sirens, bar lights, beams and other fittings that police say threaten law and order.
  • Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said officers would not accept excuses from motorists caught violating the law.

Zimbabwean police are stepping up their campaign against motorists who drive unregistered vehicles or equip their cars with emergency-style lights and sirens.

The directive covers police stations, districts and provinces across the country. Officers have been ordered to arrest offenders and impound vehicles without registration numbers or plates, as well as vehicles fitted with illegal blue lights, sirens, bar lights, beams and other unauthorised gadgets.

The Commissioner-General of Police has directed all Police stations, Districts and Provinces to take stern action by effecting arrests and impounding all vehicles with no registration plates and those with illegal blue lights or fittings.

— Paul NyathiThe police spokesperson described the nationwide enforcement order.

Police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the Commissioner-General had acted in response to what authorities described as a continuing and “disturbing trend” of motorists openly breaking the law. Nyathi said, “The Commissioner-General of Police has directed all Police stations, Districts and Provinces to take stern action by effecting arrests and impounding all vehicles with no registration plates and those with illegal blue lights or fittings.”

Some individuals are also fitting and driving vehicles with blue lights, sirens, bar lights, beams and other unauthorised gadgets, thereby posing as a danger to the maintenance of law and order in the country.

— Paul NyathiNyathi explained why police are targeting the equipment.

He said the unauthorised equipment could allow individuals to present themselves as emergency or security services and endanger the maintenance of law and order. “Some individuals are also fitting and driving vehicles with blue lights, sirens, bar lights, beams and other unauthorised gadgets, thereby posing as a danger to the maintenance of law and order in the country,” Nyathi said.

The police spokesperson added that motorists would not be able to talk their way out of enforcement. “No excuses from drivers or motorists will be entertained by police officers,” he said. The ZRP has previously warned against driving plateless vehicles and misusing blue lights and sirens associated with authorised emergency and security services.

No excuses from drivers or motorists will be entertained by police officers.

— Paul NyathiHe warned motorists that officers would not accept explanations for violations.
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Originally published by AllAfrica Zimbabwe in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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