Impaired driver arrested after trying to avoid police checkpoint

The RCMP arrested a 50-year-old impaired driver on Tuesday evening after attempting to avoid a police checkpoint on Route 60.

At approximately 9:30 p.m., officers were conducting a checkpoint in the community of Holyrood when the operator of an approaching vehicle was observed veering off onto a side road. Officers quickly located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop.

The driver exhibited signs of alcohol impairment and failed a roadside breath test. Open liquor and contraband tobacco were also seized by police.

The accused was transported to the detachment, where he provided further breath samples that were nearly two times the legal limit.

His license was suspended, and his vehicle was seized and impounded. He will appear in court at a later date to answer to charges of operation of a motor vehicle while impaired and operation of a motor vehicle while over 80 mg% of alcohol.