News24 | Cape Town man with outstanding traffic fines of R200 000 behind bars

The Cape Town man was among two motorists on the City's Top 100 list of offenders . (Duncan Alfreds/News24)

• A man with fines in excess of R200 000 was arrested last week.
• He and another person on the City of Cape Town's Top 100 list of offenders were arrested in Mitchells Plain.
• The pair had 87 warrants between them, valued at R270 100.

A Capetonian with outstanding warrants of more than R200 000 has been arrested.

He was among two motorists on the City of Cape Town's  Top 100 list of offenders who were arrested during an operation in the Mitchells Plain area on Thursday.

The pair had 87 warrants between them, valued at R270 100.

A week ago, two others were arrested with 43 combined warrants valued at R226 550.

Mayco Member for Safety and Security JP Smith said: "That's four motorists who have racked up just shy of half a million rand in unpaid fines, warrants and contempt of court penalties." 

"They are poster children for that section of our motoring public who still believe that they can get away with their misdeeds. Hopefully this turn of events will make them reconsider. At least one of the four is still behind bars at Pollsmoor after he couldn't come up with the R18 000 bail amount."

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Smith added that in the past year, the City has seen increased compliance from some motorists.

He said:

In general enforcement efforts in the past week, traffic officers recorded 46 843 offences, executed 1 366 warrants of arrest, and impounded 198 public transport vehicles.

They arrested 39 people - 28 were for driving under the influence of alcohol, four for reckless driving, and seven for other transgressions.

Law Enforcement officers made 157 arrests and issued 2 592 notices, while their metro police counterparts arrested 89 suspects, issued 2 224 fines and confiscated various contraband items.