POWAY: Six arrested at traffic checkpoint on Poway Road, authorities say

By MORGAN COOK mcook@nctimes.com
Saturday, July 23, 2011 4:28 pm

POWAY ---- Six drivers were arrested and eight vehicles were impounded during a traffic checkpoint that began Friday night on Poway Road, authorities said.

Deputies with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department conducted the traffic checkpoint between 7 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday in the 14300 block of Poway Road, Sgt. Jason Rothlein said Saturday.

Deputies arrested five drivers for driving with a suspended driver's license, and one other person on suspicion of possessing marijuana, Rothlein said.

Six more drivers were ticketed for other driver's license violations, and eight vehicles were towed and stored, Rothlein said.

Call staff writer Morgan Cook at 760-739-6675.

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