Nearly 610 motorists have been nabbed for traffic offences within the last week under the new CCTV programme launched by the Police.

The CCTV programme to trace motorists violating road rules was launched under the patronage of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon in Colombo last Monday (Jan 22). 

Within one week ending last night, the Police were able to trace 610 motorists who had violated road rules.

Traffic offences such as crossing lanes, failure to follow traffic lights, stopping vehicles at no-parking areas, and driving disregarding the red light have been traced via the CCTV cameras.

The Police have released those found to have violated traffic rules after advising them.

However, the Police said that traffic fines will be issued from Thursday, February 01, 2024. (NewsWire)

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