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A taxi driver was arrested for drug driving during an enforcement operation in Oldham which also saw a dozen cabs taken off the roads.
Licensing officers from Oldham council joined members of the Greater Manchester Police Traffic unit, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the Department for Work and Pensions on the night of action in the borough.
Officers from the City of Wolverhampton Council also took part because a number of private hire vehicles licensed in the Midlands are known to trade in Oldham and surrounding towns.
In total, 26 private hire and hackney vehicles were pulled over by officers and taken to the council’s Moorhey Street depot so they could be checked over by trained mechanics to see if they were safe and roadworthy.
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Of the vehicles stopped on the night of the operation on July 7, 13 were immediately taken off the road for a variety of reasons, including cracked windscreens, balding tyres and faulty lights.
Of the 17 vehicles checked that had Oldham plates, five were taken off the road. Eight of the nine City of Wolverhampton licenced vehicles were found to have faults.
Oldham council says that the cars cannot be used to pick up passengers until the faults have been fixed.
Licensing staff also carried out checks on the drivers to ensure all their paperwork was in order.
The authority says that in the case of the cabbie arrested for drug driving, their driver licence had expired days before they were pulled over. The driver now faces losing his licence and a potential criminal record.
Councillor Elaine Taylor, Oldham council deputy leader and and cabinet member for housing and licensing, said: “Taxi drivers
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