Ex-prisoner granted licence
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A man who passed his CPC exam while serv ing a prison sentence for smuggling a truck load of cigarettes has been granted an Operator's Licence in his own name.
Anthony Drewett, trading as Ants Haulage, of Sheffield, had applied for a new three-vehicle national licence at a Leeds public inquiry, In 1997 he was jailed for 27 months after being convicted at Croydon Crown Court on three counts of smuggling £200,000 worth of cigarettes.
For Drewett, Gary Hodgson said he had previously been involved with a company that had held an 0-licence but had gone out of business. During his time in prison Drewett had passed both the national and international modules of the CPC exam. His operation since being given interim authority to start operating and had been spot on, as was shown by his tachograph charts and maintenance records.
Granting Drewett a licence after reading a supporting letter from the probation service, North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Brian Horner decided that although Drewett's repute had been tarnished, it had not been lost. In the circumstances, he was prepared to give him a chance.