Baku-APA. A total of 16 taxi drivers have been arrested for falsification of special authorization to drive a taxi in an 11-day operation on roads in Portuguese capital Lisbon, the police said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
According to the Lisbon Metropolitan Command of the police, the operation took place between March 22 and Monday.
Police arrested 16 taxi drivers this week for forgery and found 33 offences for lack of adequate authorization as a taxi driver, two for driving unlicensed taxi cabs and three for driviing taxi cabs in poor condition.
Police also identified 135 offences of other categories in the operation.
Those arrested will appear at court as defendants.