Lorry drivers were among those pulled over as police and the DVSA carried out a rural-crime enforcement day across Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire last month.
Officers focused on the A16, which links the two counties, stopping 25 vehicles during a six-hour sweep.
Three HGVs were found to be overloaded, including one that weighed more than six tonnes and was carrying tomatoes. The driver received a £200 fixed penalty notice.
Five waste carriers were checked by the Environment Agency. Four were given advice and guidance, while one HGV driver received a £300 FPN and was reported for having no operator’s licence after being caught without a tachograph card.
Two lorries were hit with immediate prohibitions – one for a missing adequate driver-side rear view and the other for exposed tyre cords, defective stop lamps, insecure seatbelts and underinflated tyres.
Another lorry received a delayed prohibition because of an engine fluid leak.
Sixteen vehicles were also tested for red diesel during the operation.
Sergeant Tom Nuttall, from Cambridgeshire’s rural crime action team and coordinator of the operation, said: “We understand the frustration of those who are victims of crime such as agricultural and machinery theft, and so days such as this are a perfect chance for us to work together to seek stolen property and disrupt criminals.”
