A TAXI driver who was stopped at a checkpoint whilst taking a teenager to school was found to be driving an unlicensed taxi and driving without insurance.

Ghafoor Akthar, 58, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £500 costs and a £100 victim surcharge, and had six penalty points endorsed on his licence.

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Magistrates were told that the defendant was stopped on the A6 Preston Road, Chorley, in a joint operation by Chorley Council, Lancashire Police and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to check vehicles and target traffic offences.

He provided his identification badge, but it was noted that the vehicle didn’t display any Hackney Carriage licence plate.