To welcome the National Day holiday, New Taipei City Police Department expands crackdown on drug and drunk driving

The National Day holiday is approaching. In order to protect the safety of citizens during the holidays, the New Taipei City Police Department launched a city-wide simultaneous ban on drug driving and drunk driving yesterday. The police carried out high-intensity road inspections on important arterial roads, accident-prone road sections and public security hotspots in the city, combined with mobile patrols, to comprehensively strengthen the crackdown on vicious and illegal driving, demonstrating their determination to maintain traffic and public security.

In this project, the New Taipei City Police Department mobilized a total of 624 police officers and set up 72 road checkpoints. They used multiple service methods such as closed road inspections and spot inspections at public security hotspots to vigorously sweep the area. According to statistics, a total of 10 cases of drug driving and 12 cases of drunk driving were seized in a single day. 22 cars and motorcycles were moved and stored on the spot. 32 wanted criminals, 12 people in 8 other criminal cases and 4 missing migrant workers were simultaneously seized, effectively curbing violations and crimes.

The New Taipei City Police Department pointed out that the investigation of drugged driving is the key to preventing major traffic accidents. Police officers conduct high-intensity interceptions at various points. If the driver tests positive for drugs, the driver will be immediately banned from driving and the car will be impounded, so as to resolve the crisis as soon as possible. The police will also trace drug driving cases upward to trace the source of drugs, and make every effort to crack down on the drug supply chain to prevent the harm from spreading to the roads.

The New Taipei City Police Department emphasized that drug driving and drunk driving seriously endanger the safety of itself and the public, and the police will continue to uphold the stance of "declaring a war on drugs and zero tolerance for drug driving" and will never be lenient. During the holidays, we will continue to maintain law enforcement energy, strengthen the crackdown on various drug crimes, and take specific actions to protect the traffic and public security safety of citizens traveling during the holidays.