€2,000 Fine Issued & 3 Vehicles Seized At Kildare Mult-Agency Checkpoint.

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 16:45

Cover image: Kildare Garda Division/Facebook. Article image: Kildare Garda Division/Facebook.

It took place in Naas today.

A €2,000 fine was among the penalties handed down at a Kildare Garda multi-agency checkpoint today.

It was mounted by Naas Roads Policing Unit, officers from Revenue, Customs & Excise and Department of Social Protection/

Customs officers checked 50 vehicles, one of which was being driven with green diesel, attracting the fine.

Dept. of Social protection interacted with 129 persons, "in line with Department Legislation."

Naas Roads Policing Unit seized 3 vehicles for lacking tax or insurance.

8 batches of fines and penalty points were issued for a variety of offences.

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