A SHERIFF’S blitz in Truganina has apprehended 62 people who were the subject of more than 900 warrants for outstanding infringement notices.
Police and sheriff officers used automatic number plate recognition technology in Sayers Road last Tuesday to identify people with outstanding fines.
The blitz detected motorists with 904 outstanding infringement warrants, valued at almost $272,000.
Officers gave 24 drivers a week to arrange for their fines to be paid, accounting for 579 warrants worth close to $166,000. If the fines are not paid in time, the drivers’ licences and vehicle registrations will be suspended.
Another 11 drivers had their wheels clamped and had to arrange for some of their fines to be paid before they were removed.
Twenty-five drivers paid fines on the day, accounting for 91 warrants worth more than $31,000.
Sheriff Brendan Facey said the blitz reminded people there were serious consequences for failing to pay fines.
“While most Victorians do the right thing and pay their fines on time, there are those who continue to do the wrong thing and those people should know they will be caught,” he said.
“Payment of fines is not optional. People are liable for their outstanding infringements and continuing to ignore them will not make them go away.”
Mr Facey said people who ignored outstanding fines ran the risk of sanctions including wheel-clamping, asset confiscation, licence suspension and arrest.
