County swoop on verloaders
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[NES totalling £1,100 were nposed on five Continental Try drivers in East Sussex st week, following a swoop v police and county weights rid measures officers on verloaded vehicles.
The latest swoop brought le county total to 120 owners id drivers convicted by the itinty's courts in the last 12 ionths.
The latest batch of drivers ere some of the 15 Continital drivers stopped in the leek carried out outside ewhaven docks.
Five of the vehicles were lund to be slightly overaded and the others were eared.
Convictions at Lewes Magtrates' court followed the !xt morning for four French ivers and one Spaniard, who ere each fined sums ranging om £75 to £400.
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Also stopped in the check !re 23 British vehicles. Three the drivers were reported r prosecution, while another To were warned.
An East Sussex County nincil spokesman told CM at the check was part of the unty's continuing proamme of action against erloaded vehicles.
Around 16 checks are car4:1 out in the county each nnth, and during the past 12 inths they have involved out 3,000 vehicles.
In the Newhaven check the hides were weighed using a blic weighbridge and not e newly installed dynamic ighing machine at Newyen docks.
"This is not the first time we ire done a swoop like this," KI the spokesman, "it has to done quickly because there no power of detention over Continental men," he said.