Hulftsdorp Magistrate Court Had Sentenced A Drunken Bus Driver Three Month Imprisonment

The Hulftsdorp Magistrate Court has today(23)sentenced a Private Bus Driver three month imprisonment and fined Rs.7500 over driving a Bus under liquor influence.

The court has also suspended the driving license of the driver for a six month period it has been reported.

The driver who drove a Private Bus traveling from Colombo Fort to Homagama (138 route)this morning had been reported as driving the Bus by blocking the road near Lipton Roundabout in Colombo according to the Police Headquarters.

As per the information received, the Cinnamon Garden Police Officers had stopped the Bus and detected the driver was under liquor influence at that time.Afterwards the police had detained the driver and being produced before the 07th Magistrate Court at Hulftsdorp this evening it has been reported.