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Six licences suspended, 14-year-old driver charged at R.I.D.E. checkpoints in Niagara

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The Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) program in St. Catharines and Welland resulted in six licence suspensions and an unlicenced driving charge for a 14-year-old driver.

The Niagara Regional Police stopped around 425 drivers during the program on Saturday.

According to officers, a 14-year-old boy was stopped in Niagara Falls during their transition from Welland to St. Catharines for suspicion of impaired driving. The teen was charged with unlicenced driving.

Police also arrested a 46-year-old man from Welland for impaired driving.

A total of 20 vehicles were stopped to request breath samples for analysis.

Other charges include a driver who was operating a vehicle with a suspended licence and various traffic related offences.

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