Updated | Motorist tries to flee during police roadblock

Police fine 69 motorists during traffic inspections, two caught over drink-drive limit

1 January 2020, 9:34am
by Massimo Costa

1 min read

Nobody was found by the police to be driving over the drinking limit last night

Routine traffic inspections turned eventful on the morning of New Year's Day when a man attempted to defy police orders to stop his vehicle during a roadblock.

The motorist was however shortly after apprehended following a prompt reaction by police.

He was one of two persons who were found to have been driving their vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, during road checks which were carried out in the night of New Year's Eve and the morning of New Year's Day.

In total, the police issued 69 fines during the road blocks, which took place in Floriana, Attard, Sliema, Burmarrad, St Julian's, Swieqi, Rabat, Żejtun, Fgura, San Ġwann and Żabbar.

The fines were handed out for contraventions including driving a vehicle without a valid license or insurance policy, not wearing a seat belt, overspeeding, using a mobile phone while driving, having tinted windows or headlights not in accordance with the law and missing a number plate.

Massimo Costa joined MaltaToday as a journalist in 2017.