Ghana Police introduces Operation PAILES to check insecure loading of vehicles

The Ghana Police Service has introduced an initiative themed Operation Police Anti-Insecure Loading  Enforcement  Strategy ( PAILES), which is set to check the insecure loading of vehicles across the country to prevent accidents, especially during this festive season and beyond.

Operation PAILES is also aimed at ensuring that cargo carting trucks do not take goods beyond their legally permitted limits, a practice that has become one of the major causes of accidents in the country.

Following a piloting of the strategy in the Eastern Region over the past three months leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of over 50 insecurely loaded trucks, the implementation of the strategy is being rolled out across the country.

As part of the implementation of the strategy, the police are engaging relevant stakeholders such as the Cargo Association, Charcoal and Timber Drivers’ Unions across the country to educate and caution them on the dangers associated with insecure loading and the need to adhere to the required legal loading limits.

The police urged the public to support it in its efforts to ensure strict compliance with the Anti-Insecure Loading Enforcement Strategy to make roads safe and secure during this Christmas season and beyond.