The capital intensified its clampdown on drink driving last week, with over 40 people arrested during the week. Police officers set up various roadblocks, with eight drivers testing positive on the first day alone. The controls for both alcohol and drugs were carried out, as the tourist season began to warm up after the opening of all the major clubs during the last two weekends.
A source at the Town Hall said officers would be carrying out three separate daily controls as part of a nationwide campaign. This would continue until 15th June, as long as the officers were not needed in other areas. The controls were mirrored in all of the other municipalities across the island, as the island began to show it was seriously attempting to fight the age old problem. Amongst those arrested was a British tourist who crashed his Mercedes 220 Compressor into a garbage truck and then fled the scene. However, the culprit was soon picked up, and later failed a breath-test at the station.
A source at the Town Hall said officers would be carrying out three separate daily controls as part of a nationwide campaign. This would continue until 15th June, as long as the officers were not needed in other areas. The controls were mirrored in all of the other municipalities across the island, as the island began to show it was seriously attempting to fight the age old problem. Amongst those arrested was a British tourist who crashed his Mercedes 220 Compressor into a garbage truck and then fled the scene. However, the culprit was soon picked up, and later failed a breath-test at the station.
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