500 people on disability have professional driving licences

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL has launched an investigation into why over 500 people who are claiming disability benefits are in possession of a professional driver’s license.

The investigation was announced yesterday by police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos.

Katsounotos said AG Petros Clerides had issued the investigation following the Auditor-general’s report into the matter.

According to the police officer 7,040 people claim disability benefits and yet 533 of them have 1,666 professional licenses.

The police investigation will be carried out in collaboration with the Social Insurance Services and the Social Welfare Services.

Katsounotos said police did not yet know if any of the people claiming disability were in fact also drivers of public transport.

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