Published 30 May 2017
Illegal sale of driver’s licences now under police investigation.
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 30th 2017 – A month after several persons were arrested for defrauding the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, another investigation is being launched into reports of the illegal sale of driver’s licenses on both islands.
Police Inspector Carl Caines who heads the Traffic Department in St. Kitts confirmed the investigation on Traffic Talk on local radio WINN FM’s Breakfast Show on Monday.
Reports are that as much as EC$2,500 is being paid by persons getting drivers’ licences illegally.
Several government employees have been arrested and charged for obtaining close to EC$127,000 by false pretence.
The alleged offences were committed between December 2016 and March 2017.
