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Tractor-trailer driver blows a fail

00 Mile RCMP responded to 87 complaints and calls for service during the week

Impaired tractor-trailer driver

Cariboo-Chilcotin Traffic Services were advised of a possible impaired driver operating a tractor-trailer

unit on Highway 97 heading north into 100 Mile House on Sept. 6.

When attempts were made to have the vehicle pulled over, the driver continued through a road check before stoping a short distance later.

The driver, a 54-year-old male, displayed symptoms of liquor consumption and blew a fail after an approved screening device was administered.

The driver requested a second sample, which was also a fail. He was issued a 90-day immediate roadside driving prohibition and the tractor unit was towed and impounded for 30 days.

Drunk driver

Cariboo-Chilcotin Traffic Services stopped a vehicle in downtown 100 Mile House for suspected impaired driving in response to a complaint from the public on Sept. 5.

The 62-year-old male driver displayed symptoms of liquor consumption and an approved screening device was administered at the scene and the result was a fail. The driver requested a second test and the result was also a fail. The driver was issued a 90-day immediate roadside driving prohibition and his vehicle was towed and impounded for 30 days.

Copper wire theft

A 120-meter roll of copper wire was stolen from a flat deck trailer parked overnight at a hotel in the downtown area of 100 Mile House on Sept. 2.

Anyone with information about this theft is asked to call the 100 Mile House RCMP or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

CRIME STOPPERS TIPS OF THE WEEK

Theft

Unknown culprits broke into a residence in the 4500 block of Chuckwagon Trail near Forest Grove sometime overnight on Sept. 5.

Electronics and jewelry were stolen in addition to a burgundy 2007 Chevrolet HHR with B.C. license

plate 352WNL.

The amount of loss is not known at this time.

Considerable damage

Unknown culprits broke into a vacant residence in the 5800 block of Horse Lake Road sometime between July 1 and Sept. 1.

Considerable damage was done to the inside of the residence. The total amount of loss is not known

at this time.

If you have any information on this or any other crimes in the 100 Mile House area, call 1-800-

222-TIPS (8477). You can also contact www.bccrimestoppers.com. Your identity will remain

unknown. Should your information lead to the arrest of the responsible party CrimeStoppers

will pay cash for the TIP.