Three Hong Kong minibus drivers arrested after undercover police catch them with overloaded vehicles
Two men, aged 43 and 54, and a 71-year-old woman caught in predawn operation on Wednesday, with their buses impounded
A 71-year-old woman was arrested after 25 passengers were found crammed into her 19-seat, red-topped minibus after a police undercover operation in northern Hong Kong before dawn on Wednesday.
Another two drivers – two men aged 43 and 54 – were also arrested in the operation after their 16-seat vehicles were found with five extra passengers in total, according to police.
The arrests were made after police officers posing as commuters boarded the three vehicles separately in Yuen Long before daybreak.
The three vehicles were intercepted one by one at the junction of Shap Pat Heung Road and Tai Tong Road, Yuen Long at about 5am, police said.
A police spokesman said 25 passengers were found on board the 19-seat minibus driven by the 71-year-old woman.
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He said the minibus driven by the 54-year-old man was found overloaded with three extra passengers and 18 passengers were found in the other 16-seater.