Mobile phone call lands underage driver in trouble

Two traffic policemen spotted a motorist speaking on the phone and when they stopped him they realised it was a 15-year-old boy who was not wearing a seat belt and had two shotguns in the car, sources said. The incident took place yesterday at about...

Two traffic policemen spotted a motorist speaking on the phone and when they stopped him they realised it was a 15-year-old boy who was not wearing a seat belt and had two shotguns in the car, sources said.

The incident took place yesterday at about 10.30 a.m. in Abate Street, Żabbar. The teenager was driving a Volkswagen Golf and was accompanied by an 18-year-old man. The sources said that when the policemen inspected the shotguns they discovered that one of them was loaded. The firearms were in the back of the car.

The car belonged to the boy’s mother, the sources added.

The two were arrested and are expected to be arraigned in the coming days.

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