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Over 70 arrested at police checkpoint
Story by Liz Zamora (Contact)

8:15 p.m. Saturday, September 23, 2006

Topeka — If you were on I-70 Friday night, chances are you were caught up in the driver's license checkpoint.

More than eighty members of law enforcement including police, Shawnee County, and Kansas Highway Patrol held a checkpoint on I-70 and sealed off the exits on Carnahan.

Forty-eight people were taken into custody on immigration violations. Nearly twenty people were taken into custody on charges of drug possession and outstanding warrants. Five drivers were arrested for driving under the influence.

The checkpoint lasted until 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Nearly 1,100 vehicles were stopped.

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Law Enforcement Officials Make Numerous Arrests in Friday Night Check Lane
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To oncoming cars it may have looked like a blur of lights: more than 88 officers clogged up Interstate-70 near the Carnahan exit. Authorities say officers checked more than a thousand vehicles to make sure the driver's had valid license information, they were buckled up and were not under the influence. It was an effort spearheaded by the Topeka Police Department, but included Shawnee County Sheriff's deputies, Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers, and FBI agents.

Officers say about 20 people were taken into custody for a variety of charges including warrants, possession of drugs and 5 DUI arrests.

Authorities say one of the big totals for the night was for possible number of illegal immigrants traveling on Kansas roads. 48 people were taken into custody on possible immigration violations. Authorities say at one point there were not enough wreckers to tow away the cars driven by people taken into custody. Overall, TPD says it was a successful night in the continued fight to keep criminal activities off of Kansas roads. The officers continued to check cars until about 1:00 a.m. Saturday.

How sweet it is

How easy it is!

Dixie

How do we put in a request to have that done here?

This is such a good thing. You realize how easily they could have ignored the immigration issue and just let people go? I'm sure this is why they're not cracking down, just like Houston doing fewer DUI's because they don't have to deal with these issues if they just ignore them and pretend it isn't a problem.

Originally Posted by ncback

How do we put in a request to have that done here?

Maybe we should phone our local police.

It may help if you know some of the statute numbers that other police departments are using for this sort of thing in your state. Then again the Police are professionals at that sort of thing and could figure them out, if they already didn't know.