The RCMP has released the stats from the third week of the 2019 Holiday Checkstop Program.
The week, spanning from December 16th to 22nd resulted in over 3480 vehicles being checked at 97 checkstops.
18 people received a Criminal Code Impaired Driving offence, 16 for alcohol and 2 for refusal.
The highest blood/alcohol reading was 0.28.
4 alcohol or drug-related tiered administrative roadside suspensions were handed out.
Despite having more checkstops than the same period in 2018, the stats were down as 2018’s week 3 saw about 4000 vehicles checked and 23 people get charged with Criminal Code Impaired Driving offences.
