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RCMP charge more than 20 drivers in third week of checkstop program

Manitoba RCMP are three weeks into their Holiday Checkstop Program.
Manitoba RCMP are three weeks into their Holiday Checkstop Program. Rudi Pawlychyn / Global News

The RCMP‘s Holiday Checkstop Program is still in full swing across Manitoba.

Week three of the checkstops – which run until the end of the month, New Year’s Eve included – saw around 4,000 vehicles stopped at 68 checkstops across the province.

READ MORE: Winnipeg driver busted for identity fraud during holiday checkstop in Steinbach

RCMP charged 21 people with impaired driving and two with refusing a breath test.

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The third week of the program also saw six alcohol-related suspensions, one drug-related suspension, and 12 people charged with improper storage of alcohol or cannabis in a vehicle.

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