About 50 drivers have been arrested and prosecuted in the Eastern Region during a three-month pilot operation dubbed “Operation Pailes” by the Ghana Police Service.
The operation targeted trucks that have recklessly overloaded plying various Highways in the region.
The Ghana Police Service say it will soon start nationwide implementation of “Operation Pailes” to crackdown on overloaded truck vehicles posing danger to other motorists.
The police said in a statement that, “As part of the overall strategy to prevent accidents, especially during this festive season and beyond, the Police have introduced an initiative to check the insecure loading of vehicles across the country.The initiative, dubbed Operation PAILES (POLICE ANTI-INSECURE LOADING ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY ) is aimed at ensuring that cargo carting trucks do not take goods beyond their legally permitted limits, a practice that has become one of the major causes of accidents in the country”.
The statement further noted that,”following a piloting of the strategy in the Eastern Region over the past three months leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of over 50 insecurely loaded trucks (pictures attached), the implementation of the strategy is being rolled out across the country”.
The Police administration said, as part of the implementation of the strategy, the Police are engaging relevant stakeholders such as the cargo association, charcoal and timber drivers unions across the country to educate and caution them on the dangers associated with insecure loading and the need to adhere to the required legal loading limits.
“We would like to take this opportunity to urge the public to support us in our efforts to ensure strict compliance with the Anti-Insecure Loading Enforcement Strategy to make our roads safe and secure during this Christmas season and beyond”.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
