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Liquor related events lead to police presence

Estevan Police Service (EPS) handled a number of incidents involving liquor during the past week including a couple on the night of April 13 when a 49-year-old man was charged with driving while his blood-alcohol level was over .


Estevan Police Service (EPS) handled a number of incidents involving liquor during the past week including a couple on the night of April 13 when a 49-year-old man was charged with driving while his blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent and driving while impaired.

On that same evening, a 20-year-old man was arrested for being intoxicated in public.

On the next night, two more people were charged with driving while over .08 per cent and impaired driving and five men were arrested for public intoxication and were lodged in cells until they sobered up.
Several more people were charged with having open liquor in a public place.

Also on the night of April 14 and early morning of April 15, a young offender was charged for being in breach of conditions so was taken into custody and an 18-year-old woman was charged with assault and being in breach of an undertaking. She too, was taken into custody.

Two men were charged for being in possession of a controlled substance.

During the day of April 14, an all-terrain vehicle was seized following a report that the ATV was seen travelling along a street in the north central area of the city. The driver was charged for operating an ATV on a city street under the All Terrain Vehicle Act.

During the day, a number of speeding violations were identified and the drivers ticketed accordingly and several more tickets were issued for a variety of other traffic violations.


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