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RCMP officers were taken aback when they encountered truck drivers they allege were high on various drugs during a four-day intensive highway enforcement campaign here in late June.
"With commercial vehicle operators and drugs, that was a bit of a surprise," said Terrace RCMP constable Ted Luscombe.
"The fact that they're smoking up and impaired, then they're towing great big units down the road, a tractor, trailer and then maybe a pup and another trailer. That's 50 to 60,000 pounds flying down the highway.
"These guys have got to be wide awake and alert," Luscombe said.
Police issued seven 24-hour driving prohibitions for driving under the influence of illegal drugs and two prohibitions for driving under the influence of alcohol. The vehicle checks led to nine drug seizures for marijuana, cocaine, crack and crystal methamphetamine.
Commercial vehicle drivers were given nine violation tickets and nine warnings. Private vehicle drivers received 37 violation tickets and 57 warnings.
Approximately 15 police officers accompanied by provincial commercial vehicle inspectors and federal fisheries officers did the checks on hundreds of vehicles between June 20 and June 23 at various locations on Hwy16.
Police impounded four private vehicles for licensing problems and charged one motorist with prohibited driving.
Fisheries officers charged four people for various angling and other infractions and issued six warnings after checking 52 vehicles and 91 motorists.
Newshawk: SirBlazinBowl (420Times.com)
Source: Terrace Standard (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 Terrace Standard
Contact: newsroom@terracestandard.com
Website: Home - Terrace Standard
Author: Margaret Speirs
"With commercial vehicle operators and drugs, that was a bit of a surprise," said Terrace RCMP constable Ted Luscombe.
"The fact that they're smoking up and impaired, then they're towing great big units down the road, a tractor, trailer and then maybe a pup and another trailer. That's 50 to 60,000 pounds flying down the highway.
"These guys have got to be wide awake and alert," Luscombe said.
Police issued seven 24-hour driving prohibitions for driving under the influence of illegal drugs and two prohibitions for driving under the influence of alcohol. The vehicle checks led to nine drug seizures for marijuana, cocaine, crack and crystal methamphetamine.
Commercial vehicle drivers were given nine violation tickets and nine warnings. Private vehicle drivers received 37 violation tickets and 57 warnings.
Approximately 15 police officers accompanied by provincial commercial vehicle inspectors and federal fisheries officers did the checks on hundreds of vehicles between June 20 and June 23 at various locations on Hwy16.
Police impounded four private vehicles for licensing problems and charged one motorist with prohibited driving.
Fisheries officers charged four people for various angling and other infractions and issued six warnings after checking 52 vehicles and 91 motorists.
Newshawk: SirBlazinBowl (420Times.com)
Source: Terrace Standard (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 Terrace Standard
Contact: newsroom@terracestandard.com
Website: Home - Terrace Standard
Author: Margaret Speirs
