Beja: GNR arrested 4 drivers for driving under influence of alcohol, between 20 and 26 March.

Of the twelve people arrested in flagrante delicto, four for driving under the influence of alcohol, two for drugs and one for driving without legal authorization, in addition to the hashish seizure are the key highlights of the result of a set of operations, no district, carried out by the Territorial Command in Beja week 20 a 26 March, which aimed to prevent and combat violent crime, road inspection, among others.

In a statement on the operational activity sent to the wording of Lidador News (LN), GNR also gives account that were seized 85 doses of methadone and 14 doses of hashish.

Of traffic control operations and surveillance in general, The following evidence records: 346 detected offenses, highlighting-se 43 relating to tachographs, 41 for speeding, 23 by missing or incorrect use of the seat belt and the first by improper use of the mobile phone in the course of driving.

In Portugal during the 1 from January to 21 March 2017, There registration of 26.697 accidents, which resulted 90 dead, 362 serious injuries and 7.635 injured passenger.

With regard to data from the same period 2016, They occurred less 1.433 accidents, with less 12 dead, less 55 serious injuries and less 623 injured passenger.

District of Beja there until the time of registration 464 accidents, with log 2 dead and 15 serious injuries. For data 2016, there were more 56 accidents, with less than log 1 fatality and less 4 serious injuries.

At one year, between 22 March 2016 and 21 March 2017, of recorded accidents in the district, They were verified 25 dead and 88 serious injuries, less 4 dead and less 3 serious injuries than in the same period 2015 and 2016.

Teixeira Correia

(journalist)