Four traffic police officers were taken by surprise today when they received incentives worth RM250 each from the Penang government for their "dedication" at work.

The officers, who also received appreciation certificates, helped cleaned up sand that had spilt over from a 10-tonne truck, which skidded and crashed at KM7.6 on the first Penang Bridge yesterday.

In the 11.15am incident, which happened during traffic peak hours at the island-bound lane of the bridge, traffic came to a standstill for over an hour...