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COCONUT vendor Ravi Baboolal has paid one of the six traffic fines issued to him on January 4.

The six fines totalled $19,000 and he has until February 3 to pay the remaining five fines which were issued for various traffic offences.

On January 4, Baboo­lal was issued with the fines for the offences of the use of a vehicle with defective tyres ($2,000), failing to comply with the directive of a police constable ($1,500), failure to produce a vehicle for inspection/driving a vehicle without a valid inspection sticker and certificate ($2,000), using or causing to be used or permitting a person to use a motor vehicle or licensed trailer on a public road without a valid policy of insurance ($10,000), permitting excess sparks, smoke or visible vapour to come from vehicle ($2,000), and vehicle carrying an unsecured load ($1,500).