1,700 Nopol Transfer Trucks To Jambi Imbas Coal Transportation Prohibited From Using Outer Plates

Heavy equipment activity when loading and unloading coal mining into trucks. (ANTARA-M Risyal Hidayat)

JAMBI - Ditlantas Polda Jambi noted that as many as 1,700 coal transport trucks had transferred their vehicle numbers (nopol) to the Jambi area. Dirlantas Polda Jambi Kombes Pol Dhafi said the process of transfering the coal transportation number to the Jambi area had been carried out since October 2022. The mutation to the number due to coal transportation rules operating in Jambi Province was prohibited from using outside plates. "We have reminded and directed since October 2022 to mutate the vehicle and so far there are 1,700 vehicles that have been transferred to the Jambi series plate," he said in Jambi, Thursday, May 25, which was confiscated by Antara. However, until now, there are still some coal transportation that are stubborn and operating using the police number outside Jambi. Thus, the Jambi Police Traffic Directorate of Traffic Control the coal transportation.

On Monday, May 22, the Jambi Police Traffic Directorate of Traffic Control of coal transportation which is still using police numbers outside Jambi. This control was carried out at two points, namely at Simpang Gado-gado and Simpang Tanjung Lumut. In the control, Ditlantas Polda Jambi netted 10 coal transportation vehicles. In addition to coal transportation vehicles being secured, these coal transport drivers were also made a statement that the car with the police number outside Jambi was returned to their area of origin and was prohibited from operating in Jambi Province. The plan will be to be escorted to the Jambi - Palembang border. Ditlantas Jambi Police has given a deadline for coal transportation to transfer the number of police vehicles that are still outside Jambi. However, it seems that some of these coal transport drivers are stubborn and continue to operate so that they are prosecuted by Ditlantas Polda Jambi.