Manitoba RCMP were kept busy after yet another drunk-driving spree in the province.
Six drivers in Northern Manitoba face impaired driving charges after Norway House RCMP arrested them all in a span of four days.
Just after 1 a.m. on April 30, officers saw a pickup truck nearly collide with a First Nation Safety Officer’s vehicle on Provincial Road 373. A 45-year-old man was pulled over and provided breath samples more than twice above the legal limit.
Later that afternoon, a 19-year-old woman was also arrested after driving erratically and also giving a breath sample more than double the legal limit.
On May 2, two more people were arrested, a 33-year-old man on an ATV and a 34-year old man.
And then on May 3, a 42-year-old man and 38-year-old man were both arrested. The 38-year-old provided breath samples three times over the legal limit while the 42-year-old was also found breaching a conditional sentence order.
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Five of the drivers received a 90-day licence suspension and had their vehicles seized and impounded.
This comes after three impaired drivers were nabbed in less than 12 hours in Thompson on May 1 and another three drivers were arrested in Manitoba’s Interlake region in less than eight hours on April 23.
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As of May 3, RCMP said there had been 275 cases of impaired driving this year.
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