The police block. 6,000 vehicles stopped in traffic

The police organized a large operation at national level, entitled Blocade, during which over 6,000 vehicles were checked in traffic.

According to a statement from the Romanian Police, over 3,300 policemen and gendarmes acted on Friday, in an integrated system, to ensure a climate of public order, to prevent facts with violence, to prevent trafficking and drug use, as well as to increase the degree of road safety.

411 filters were organized, with 6,292 vehicles and legitimate 10,832 people, a press release said on Saturday.

Actions to prevent traffic accidents and increase traffic safety continued, 4,627 tests with ethyl testers/alcohol and 172 with equipment equipped for the detection of leaders under the influence of psychoactive substances.

Within the action of Blocada, the police found 46 offenses in the regime of traffic on public roads. 377 driving licenses were withheld, of which 45 for alcohol and 152 for speed. At the same time, 256 registration certificates were withdrawn.

In the last 24 hours, the police have acted, at national level, to prevent antisocial facts, organizing 532 actions and intervened at 2,259 events, of which 1,895 were notified by citizens by 112.

Also, 11 persons followed nationally and internationally were detected, against whom the legal measures were ordered, and in the instrumented cases 83 preventive measures were ordered.

For other irregularities found, the police applied 11,295 contraventional sanctions, worth 4,092,028 lei.