38 Vehicles Stopped In Belait Roadblock
By Liza Mohd

Bandar Seri Begawan - A total of 38 vehicles were stopped yesterday morning during a joint roadblock carried out by the Investigation and Traffic Department of Royal Brunei Police Force and Enforcement Section at the Land Transport Department (LTD) in Belait district.

From that, a total of 16 foreign-registered vehicles were issued police summons mainly for illegally tinting their windows. Several vehicles were also further detained by the Belait Investigation and Traffic Department for paperwork to be done in light of the issued summonses.

The roadblock was conducted at two locations, Lumut Seria bypass from 8.30am till 12 noon, and Sungai Tujoh area from 2pm till about 4.30pm.

The roadblock involved 19 traffic police and nine LTD officials led by Belait Acting Assistant Director and Head of Enforcement Unit, Hj Suaib bin Hj Md Taha. The aim of the joint operation was to curb road accidents and ensure that foreign-registered vehicles and local road users abide by road rules and regulations. Out of the 38 vehicles, 20 were issued with summons for offences including expired licences, suspension modification or vehicle body sagging, bald tyres and tinted windows. The remaining vehicles were compoundable cases such as driving with non-standardised licence plates.

Meanwhile, the Belait LTD focused on commercial and private vehicles and detained 22 locally registered vehicles, mainly trucks and vans, for breaching road traffic rules and regulations including failing to produce the vehicle's certificate, driving without the speed-warning device, loading goods in a condition which endangers other road users and unsatisfactory vehicle conditions.

This is the third joint operation carried out by both government agencies this year. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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