Last Saturday, National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day, saw RCMP in PEI check 3,000 vehicles at 24 checkpoints.
5 drivers were arrested and charged with impaired related offences; 1 driver received a drug related roadside suspension; and 7 drivers received alcohol related roadside suspensions. A total of twenty alcohol screening device tests were conducted at the roadside.
On top of that, officers issued 120 summary offence tickets and 40 written warnings.