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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Over 1,000 vehicles passed done a DUI checkpoint successful Hanford connected May 30, according to the Hanford Police Department.
The checkpoint was held from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. astatine 12th Avenue and Lacey Boulevard. Police accidental checkpoint locations are determined by reported incidents of impaired driving-related arrests and crashes.
During the checkpoint, constabulary accidental 17 drivers were recovered to beryllium unlicensed, 5 were driving connected a suspended licence for a anterior DUI, 8 did not person a licence successful their possession, 1 operator was cited for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, and different operator was taken into custody for an out-of-county felony warrant.
Six vehicles were impounded during the operation.
Drivers caught driving impaired and charged with a first-time DUI look an mean of $13,500 successful fines and penalties, arsenic good arsenic a suspended license.
Funding for this checkpoint was provided by the California Highway Patrol Cannabis DUI Grant.
