ESCONDIDO: Three arrested, 21 vehicles impounded at checkpoint

By BRANDON LOWREY blowrey@nctimes.com
September 25, 2011 7:20 pm

ESCONDIDO ---- Police officers at a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint arrested two suspected drunken drivers and the driver of a car that had been reported stolen, authorities said Sunday.

At the Saturday checkpoint at Lincoln Avenue and Fig Street, the Escondido Police Department also impounded 21 vehicles and issued 29 citations.

Six drivers had a suspended driver's license and 18 did not have a license at all, the agency said in a written statement. Seven did not have insurance, the statement said.

Call staff writer Brandon Lowrey at 760-740-3517.​

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