Wor­ried and frus­trat­ed af­ter be­ing slapped with a $19,000 tick­et for six traf­fic of­fences dur­ing a po­lice road­block on Sun­day night, a San Fer­nan­do co­conut ven­dor said he is now un­sure how he will pay the fines with­out “los­ing his liveli­hood.”

Ravi Ba­boolal, who sells at Li­brary Cor­ner, ex­plained that on Sun­day, around 8.30 pm, he was on his way to drop off co­conuts at his vend­ing stall when he en­coun­tered a po­lice road­block.

Ba­boolal said po­lice of­fi­cers chased him af­ter he did not im­me­di­ate­ly stop, and lat­er is­sued him a lengthy tick­et for the of­fences at the cor­ner of Keate and Mu­cu­rapo Streets.