Gwent Police officers teamed up with partner agencies on Thursday 17th March to run an operation to target road traffic offences across Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly.
Officers worked alongside the Department of Work and Pensions and Trading Standards to run the operation from static check points.
In total 174 vehicles were stopped throughout the day – results included:
- 13 fixed penalty notices issued for various road traffic offences including not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone whilst driving
- 2 vehicles seized for no insurance/driving license offences
- 72 referrals to the Department for Work and Pensions
- 12 vehicles taken for further checks after being suspected of carrying a load over the legal weight limit
- 4 vehicle defect notices issued
Road Policing Sgt Micah Hassell who coordinated the operation said:
“This operation is one of a series being run over the next 6 months to specifically target road traffic offences.
“We are utilising intelligence and conducting high visibility roadside checks to identify offenders and raise awareness of how seriously we take these offences in Gwent.
“This kind of operation enables officers to identify a wide range of offences by just stopping vehicles and speaking to drivers at the roadside. We have systems and technology at our fingertips to conduct checks on numerous databases so the chances of any criminal activity going undetected is extremely slim.
“Gwent Police will continue to take a proactive approach to identify offences being committed by road users 365 days a year and ask that anyone with information relating to this type of criminal activity contacts us on 01633 838111.”
