Sunday Territorian

Drivers nabbed

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FOURTEEN drivers were caught with blood alcohol levels between .08 and .15 in a police crackdown overnight Friday.

Duty Superinten­dent Louise Jorgensen said 10 drivers were also apprehende­d with breath alcohol levels under .08 — some of whom were learner drivers.

She said one person tested positive for drug driving, while nine vehicles were found defective and nine were unregister­ed.

‘‘The results were disappoint­ing and the courts will be busy over the next month determinin­g appropriat­e penalties for the significan­t number of drinkdrive­rs apprehende­d.

‘‘Our aim . . . is not to raise revenue for the Government or to monster easy targets but to reduce the number of injuries and deaths on the road, to educate the public and to make the community safer.’’

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