Hong Kong police arrest 17 in dangerous driving crackdown over Dragon Boat Festival weekend
- Arrests include man, 50, stopped at checkpoint in Tsuen Wan, with police discovering HK$100,000 worth of drugs in his vehicle
Hong Kong police have arrested 17 people after setting up roadblocks across the city during the Dragon Boat Festival long weekend in a bid to clamp down on dangerous drivers.
Officers manned checkpoints along major roads on Sunday and Monday as part of the operation, with 1,600 drivers stopped and asked to take breath tests.
At a checkpoint in Tsuen Wan, police arrested a 50-year-old driver after he failed a rapid oral fluid test and a search of his vehicle turned up a 130-gram stash of suspected ketamine, cocaine and heroin, among other drugs.
Police estimated the stash was worth about HK$100,000 (US$12,800).
The force also arrested another 15 men and a woman, aged 21 to 50, in connection with offences that included driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol to possession of dangerous narcotics and drug trafficking.
One of those arrested was also wanted for failure to pay court fines.