Man held in Princes Town for driving while disqualified

A man who was fined a few weeks ago for driving without a driver's permit (DP) and insurance is set to face a Princes Town magistrate yet again for similar offences.

Princes Town municipal police arrested him near the market on Friday at around 5 pm.

A police report said acting Cpl Joseph and PCs Rebeiro and Nemai were on foot patrol along Buen Intento Road, where they saw a white Nissan AD Wagon parked next to a no-parking sign.

The report said the officers observed for about five minutes that no one was getting into or out of the car, nor was anyone loading or unloading it.

A short time after, the police saw Sean Khelawan, of Mandingo Road in Indian Walk, in the Princes Town police district, get into the car and drive off.

He was recently disqualified from holding or obtaining a DP.

The officers stopped the car and asked to see his driving documents.

Khelawan replied, "I did get disqualified, but I am not the owner of this car. I was just going and move it to park it somewhere else."

The police cautioned and told him of the offences committed – breaching a traffic sign, driving while being disqualified from holding or obtaining a DP and driving without a valid insurance certificate.

They arrested and took him to the station, where PC Nemai charged him. He is set to face a magistrate on Monday.