Police in Steinbach stopped a motorist over the holiday weekend, driving with three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.

According to Steinbach RCMP, the incident happened Saturday at 1:28 am, along Old Tom Road. Police say a 20-year-old male from the Rural Municipality of Hanover blew three times the legal limit. 

That was one of 72 calls for service over the long weekend to Steinbach RCMP.

In another incident, police responded to an alleged assault in La Broquerie. It happened Friday at 6:26 pm. As a result, a 43-year-old female from La Broquerie faces charges of domestic assault.