Police intensify crackdown on unregistered cars, illegal blue lights and sirens
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have launched a nationwide crackdown on motorists driving unregistered vehicles or using unauthorized blue lights and sirens. Authorities have ordered officers to impound offending vehicles and make arrests without exception.
Why it matters
The operation reflects government efforts to restore order and enforce traffic regulations in response to a perceived increase in illegal vehicle modifications.
Police have intensified their crackdown on motorists driving unregistered vehicles and those fitted with illegal blue lights, sirens and other unauthorised gadgets, ordering officers countrywide to arrest offenders and impound their vehicles.
The renewed enforcement drive follows previous police operations against the illegal use of blue lights and vehicles moving on Zimbabwe’s roads without registration plates.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the Commissioner-General had directed all police stations, districts and provinces to take stern action following what authorities described as a continuing and “disturbing trend” of motorists openly flouting the law.
“The Commissioner-General of Police has directed all Police stations, Districts and Provinces to take stern action by effecting arrests and impounding all vehicles with no registration plates and those with illegal blue lights or fittings,” Nyathi said in a statement Tuesday.
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