PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – On Friday morning March 27th 2020 around 8:00 am the Sint Maarten Police Force together with Gendarmerie Nationale carried out joint controls on the French/Dutch borders of the island.
Main reason these joint control is to enforce the restrict movement of persons that has been implemented as a preventative measure to avoid the further spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.
The Dutch and French counterparts conducted their first control in the area of the roundabout leading to Belle-Vue .During this control over 50 vehicles were stop and one person arrested driving with a false driver’s license. The Sint Maarten Police force police and Gendarmerie Nationale will be carrying out more of these joint controls in the future
