A number of drivers were charged with alcohol-related offences during RCMP checkstops in Steinbach during the summer in the city weekend.

On Friday evening at 10:30, a 31-year-old male from the Steinbach area was charged with impaired driving after providing two breath samples showing a blood-alcohol level above .08.

A short time later, a 21-year-old male from the RM of Hanover was given a 30-day licence suspension for having a blood-alcohol level above .05 for the third time within ten years.

Then on Saturday night at 11:30, a 61-year-old male from Steinbach was handed a 72-hour licence suspension for a blood-alcohol level above. 05.

Not long after a 34-year-old male from West St. Paul was charged with impaired driving. Police say tests showed he had almost three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.