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City police get 72 more breathing analysers

TIRUCHI: The city police have procured 72 more breathing analysers to enable police personnel detect drunken driving here.

These would be distributed to Sub Inspectors and Inspectors attached to Traffic and Law and Order wings as well as to all the 12 patrol vehicles operating in the city.

The analysers have been procured to facilitate checks in more number of places simultaneously and book more number of drunken drivers, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) Rupesh Kumar Meena told reporters here on Tuesday.

Mr. Meena said the city police had collected over Rs. 1 crore as fine till now this year by booking traffic-related offences under the Motor Vehicle Act including drunken driving.

Intensive vehicle checks in the recent times within the city limits had drastically reduced two-wheeler lifting, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) S. Rajendiran said.

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