Driver admits carrying waste without correct licence for 25 years during Newark police operation
Date of alert:
Friday 27 May 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Nottinghamshire Police
A driver admitted carrying waste without the correct licence for 25 years during an operation to clamp down in illegal activity in Newark.
Police and partner agencies took to the roads for the op which aimed to thwart illegal waste carriers and fly-tippers.
Twelve vehicles were stopped including transit vans, skip lorries, trailers and flatbed trucks.
Five drivers were issued with fixed penalty notices and one vehicle was seized due to having no MOT.
One driver even admitted to carrying waste for 25 years without the correct licence.
Officers also pulled over one van after spotting a young child travelling without a seatbelt on and gave advice to other drivers about the importance of making sure documents, insurance and licences are up to date to travel with waste in their possession.
The operation saw officers from the Newark and Sherwood neighbourhood policing team, Newark and Sherwood District Council, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the Environment Agency team up.
Any business that transports any kind of waste, whether that’s simply to carry it from one place to another, or whether it’s to buy, sell or dispose of waste (or arrange for someone else to do it), needs a waste carrier licence.
