Accra: 35 drivers arrested for speeding: fined GHC 8,460

Some 35 drivers have been arrested in Accra for flouting road traffic regulations.

The drivers were arrested on Thursday morning during a speed enforcement exercise by the Accra Central  Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service in collaboration with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) on the Olusegun Obasanjo Way and J.A Kufour Avenue in Accra. 

The drivers were arrested driving above the legally specified speed limit of 50 km/hr at which a vehicle could drive in the city with the Laser Cam 4-speed detection device donated to the Accra Central MTTD  by the BIGRS through the AMA.

Notable among those arrested during the operation were former Black Stars player, Derek Boateng and security officers whose identities were not immediately known.