A 62 year old man was arrested in Lourdes after driving an atv and failing a breath test.
RCMP charged six drivers with impaired operation over this past weekend weekend. On Friday around 5:30 p.m. police arrested a 35 year old man in Port Saunders who blew four times the legal limit. Then shortly after 6:30 p.m. RCMP Traffic Services West stopped a vehicle in Stephenville Crossing and arrested a 52-year-old man after he failed a roadside breath test. Shortly after 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, police stopped a vehicle traveling 105 km/h in a 50 km/h zone in Piccadilly. The driver, a 47-year-old man, showed signs of alcohol impairment, failed a roadside breath test and was arrested. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Sunday August 4, Port aux Basques RCMP stopped a vehicle that crossed into the oncoming lane on Grand Bay West Road. The driver, a 40-year-old man, failed a roadside breath test. That evening around 7:15 p.m. a 62 year old man was arrested in Lourdes after driving an atv and failing a breath test. Elsewhere, a 43-year-old man in Clarke’s beach provided breath samples that were two and a half times the legal limit. All drivers licenses have been suspended and vehicles have been impounded.