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Minicab driver found with skunk haul in boot



Cannabis minicab: The Chrysler which police found laden with drugs

A MINICAB driver has been jailed for three years after police caught him with more than £30,000 of cannabis in the boot of his car.

Krzysztof Plaza, of Leopold Road, Edmonton, was stopped by officers on July 21 2011 after he left a lock-up in Orbital Business Park, in Argon Road, Upper Edmonton.

During a search of his Chrysler Voyager minicab the officers found a large holdall in the boot with 12 large pillows of skunk and a number of self-seal bags. The lock-up contained another six pillows of the skunk and two large bags of amphetamine of above-average purity. There were also three barrels of caffeine, a known cutting agent.

In total 12kg of cannabis were recovered with a street value of more than £33,000 and three kilos of amphetamine worth £22,000.

Plaza was charged with possession with intent to supply drugs. At Wood Green Crown Court on October 14, he admitted one count of possession with intent to supply and was found guilty of two other counts.

He said he was offered money to collect items from a lock-up and deliver to a place to be confirmed, but denied knowing what was in the lock-up or in his boot. He was sentenced last month to three years for the two counts he was convicted of, and two years, to run concurrently, for the charge he pleaded guilty to.

source: http://www.northlondon-today.co.uk/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Nice English name, they're having a laugh on us, and by us I mean the British, they've come here and set up all the vice crime their own countries are notorious for, ever noticed how many car washes that never seem to wash anything other than the owners BMW?


Getting us on all FRONTS

It does make you wonder what's the point of the CRB check when the majority of applicants recently arrived in the UK can get round it about time we had a compulsory minimum residency in the UK before someone is permitted to hold a license to drive a hackney/PH

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

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It is hard to believe a doorman has to have a 10 year traceable history yet a Taxi driver needs none, however there are no shortage of Undesirable "British" born drivers that lose their licenses.

When I approached our Council with the above which included a driving test I got accused of being racist.

Remind your council they are only allowed to licence "Fit and Proper" persons.
Ask them if the person they are licensing from overseas has produced a police record check from his home country that is equivalent to our CRB
Then ask if they can justify giving licences to foreigners when they have not truly satisfied themselves as to their safety to become a cab driver. Also mention liability for any failure on their part to carry out their duty to protect the public.


This is the Crawley BC statement on CRB checks:-

3. CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK
(a) On the day you submit your driver's licence application, you will be required to complete an enhanced CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) Disclosure Application Form, in the presence of a member of the Licensing Section staff. Please note that the CRB will disclose to the Council all records held under the applicant’s name. When completing your CRB application form, you are required to state if you have been convicted of a criminal offence or received a police caution.
(b) You will need a full 5 year address history, showing the month and year that you moved into and out of each address.
(c) Applicants who have resided outside the UK for all or any part of the 5 years, prior to the date of application will be required to submit official written confirmation of their good character, from the country(s) in which they have lived during that 5 year period. This information will need to be translated into English if necessary and verified in writing as accurate and reliable by the country(s) corresponding Embassy(s) in London.
(d) A CRB Disclosure from any other organisation will not be accepted.

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Our safety is Paramount