More heavy vehicle licences have been cancelled in New Zealand amid a crackdown on fraudulent activity, and all of the truck drivers affected so far are Indian.
The New Zealand Transport Agency announced earlier this month it had revoked 440 licences after an audit discovered false or altered documentation had been used to convert them from foreign permits, but an investigation by the NZ Herald found that number has now risen to 459.
An Official Information Act (OIA) request found all 459 foreign truck drivers were born in India, but no conversions were from Indian licences. The data showed that 436 were converted from the United Arab Emirates, 18 were from Australia, and five were from Canada.
