Six drivers were arrested for DUI and 21 were cited for license violations during a Fresno checkpoint on Shaw Avenue. (Fresno PD)
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Six drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence at a DUI checkpoint at Shaw Avenue and 4th Street on Saturday night, the Fresno Police Department said in a news release.
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The checkpoint, conducted from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., also resulted in 21 citations to drivers for operating vehicles without a license or with a suspended or revoked license, according to authorities.
Officers contacted 407 vehicles during the operation.
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DUI checkpoints are strategically placed based on areas with a high incidence of impaired-driving crashes, police said.
The next DUI enforcement effort will be a saturation patrol scheduled for Saturday.
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