The Traffic Police stopped, this Saturday, in Manhiça, a 15-seat passenger car with more than double the permitted capacity. There were 37 people in the car, including adults and children, making a trip and about 30 kilometers.

According to STV, the car left from the 3 de Fevereiro neighborhood in that district and was heading to Ilha Josina Machel, in the interior of the district.

The Traffic Police sanctioned the driver of the vehicle for overcrowding, and ordered some people to remain at the checkpoint to continue the trip in another passenger transport.

The spokesman for the Traffic Police in Maputo Province, Rodrigues Tchabana, said that the driver was not qualified to perform that activity.

"The driver does not have a compatible license to exercise that activity, [of public service], but he does not have that category and, for that reason, he was fined for lack of the category and for overcrowding," explained Tchabana, while appealing to society to denounce that type of situation.

The National Road Number 1, particularly in the section Manhiça - Marracuane, registers several accidents. This year alone there have been reports of serious accidents that led to the death of several people.