This weekend’s Countryfest in Dauphin has RCMP officers busy as they have already laid 25 drug, alcohol and speeding related charges to festival attendees.
Traffic was lined up along the highways for approximately 20 kilometers prior to the gates to the Countryfest site opening Wednesday afternoon. While waiting in line, a number of people chose to start drinking. Officers from the Parkland Area and Riding Mountain Traffic Services patrolling the highways issued 7 charges under the Highway Traffic Act for speeding and 17 charges under the Liquor Control Act for having liquor in an unauthorized place. In addition to the open liquor charges, hundreds of containers of alcoholic beverages were poured out by the police. One 24 hour drug related driver’s licence suspension was also issued after the person failed a field sobriety test. Officers also answered 2 calls from the public about people playing sports and games on the highway as they waited.
Cst. Robert Tuff
Dauphin RCMP Detachment
204-622-5020
