MINISTER ROBIN CARLISLE - THREE ARRESTED IN DRIVER'S LICENSE JOINT STING OPERATION IN WORCESTER
Robin Carlisle, the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has announced the arrests this morning of two traffic officers and a civilian in a joint sting operation between Worcester Crime Intelligence and his department's Compliance Monitoring Unit.
‘Police led the two Driver's License Examiners away from the Worcester Driving License Testing Centre in handcuffs, after an investigation that has gone on for well over a year. The civilian ‘runner' was arrested nearby,' Minister Carlisle said.
All three faced charges of corruption and fraud, which, if they are convicted, could see them jailed for ‘a very long time.
‘The two traffic officers were allegedly issuing learners' licences in return for a share of R2 500, which was paid to the runner. The runner would sms to the examiners the details of the member of the public that had paid the money, while the examiners are then alleged to have given crib notes to those that had paid.
‘I am told that three undercover police from Worcester Crime Intelligence received three different sets of crib notes during the investigation,' said Minister Carlisle.