Taxi operator gets four lashes

Shato Wato was found guilty of running away from the traffic police after they instructed him to stop at a bus stop opposite University of Botswana. Wabo appeared before Urban Customary Court president, Dikwalo Monametsi.

It was said that the accused fled the scene when Central Police Station traffic officers signalled him to stop during a road traffic patrol.  The court learnt that the police arrested Wabo, a taxi driver, at South Ring Mall where he was found changing the vehicle’s registration numbers.