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EPS members arrest an impaired driver

Members of the Estevan Police Service arrested an impaired driver during the April 19 night shift. Police stopped a vehicle on Highway 47 near the junction with the truck bypass after it failed to halt at a stop sign.
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Members of the Estevan Police Service arrested an impaired driver during the April 19 night shift.

Police stopped a vehicle on Highway 47 near the junction with the truck bypass after it failed to halt at a stop sign. The driver was arrested after he failed a roadside screening device test.

He was charged for impaired driving, driving while over .08, disobeying a stop sign and having open alcohol in a vehicle. He will make his first court appearance June 10.

No other details were immediately available. 

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