File photo: Ghanaian police officers

Police in the Ashanti Region have announced they will from February 2020, begin a special exercise dubbed, ‘Operation Produce Your Driver’s Licence’ as part of measures to reduce road traffic crashes in the region.

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the police in a statement said the exercise has been scheduled to start on Monday, February 3, 2020.

 “Every driver of any type of vehicle is advised to carry his/her driver’s licence while driving on the road,” the statement advised.

The police added the move is aimed at ensuring a “vigorous enforcement” of Regulation 47 of the Road Traffic Regulation.

warning drivers that the failure to produce their licences “will lead to the arrest of defaulting drivers and possible prosecution.”

Read the full statement below: