Baku:Negeri Sembilan The Negeri Sembilan Road Transport Department (JPJ) has seized four luxury vehicles driven by non-citizens as part of Op Luxury PeWA, a targeted operation against foreign drivers violating road transport laws.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the vehicles included a Toyota Vellfire, two Mercedes-Benz A250s, and a BMW limousine, driven by nationals from Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, and Myanmar, aged between 30 and 40. The drivers were detained for lacking valid driving licenses and insurance, with their vehicles also missing valid road tax.

The state JPJ director, Jasyindar Singh Sihdu, revealed that 498 out of 3,741 vehicles driven by foreign nationals were seized under the Foreign Driver Operation (Op PeWA) from January 1 to October 11 this year. During this operation, 2,422 summonses were issued, and 288 notices were recorded under Section 64(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, which allows the authorities to seize motor vehicles under certain conditions.

Among the vehicles confiscated were 313 motorcycles, 149 cars, and 36 goods vehicles. Jasyindar noted that the drivers involved hailed from countries including Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, India, and Bangladesh. Many used their vehicles for work purposes, such as selling bread and ice cream or operating grass-cutting machines, often without valid driving licenses and with expired road tax.

In the previous year, 4,811 vehicles were inspected, resulting in action against 746 of them. Additionally, 3,287 summonses were issued, and 301 notices were recorded under Section 64(1).