Three Blackburn companies have been fined in recent months for failing to give the identities of their drivers when asked by police.

In each of the cases, the drivers were alleged to have been guilty of an offence but did not give information relating to the identification of the driver when required to do so.

Two of the companies were found guilty in absence, meaning they did not attend court.

The most recent of the cases was that of General All Purpose Plastics, based in Partnership Way, Blackburn.

Its driver was caught allegedly committing an offence on Friday, March 17, in a Peugeot Boxer in Lincolnshire, and the company was asked to provide details of the driver to the county's police force, which it did not do.

The firm was fined a total of £400 at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £160.

Also snared was Harwood Scrap and Skip Hire Limited, based in Meadow Street, Great Harwood.

It was ordered to provide details to Lancashire Police after one of its DAF trucks was spotted allegedly committing an offence, and on January 3 of this year failed to give the identity of its driver.

The company was fined £770 at Preston Magistrates’ Court and ordered to pay costs of £110 and a surcharge of £308.

Finally, a Vauxhall VRM belonging to Premier Catering Manufacture Ltd, based in Strawberry Bank, Blackburn, was caught by police allegedly committing an offence in County Durham, and on February 20 failed to provide the details of the driver.

The firm was fined a total of £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £110 and a surcharge of £400.