West Kowloon traffic crackdown nets six drink-driving arrests
AM730 · 2 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
West Kowloon traffic police carried out a three-day enforcement operation from September 4 to 6 targeting drink-driving, drug-driving, illegal street racing, speeding and illegal vehicle modifications across the district. Six men were arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, while nine vehicles were detained for further inspection at the Kowloon Bay Vehicle Pound and Examination Centre.
Key Points
- Officers from the West Kowloon Region Traffic Branch Enforcement and Control Division conducted the operation between September 4 and 6 across the district
- Police arrested five local men and one non-ethnic Chinese man, described by am730 as a Pakistani Hong Kong identity card holder, aged between 30 and 49.
- During the same operation, officers issued warnings to 11 people whose breath samples contained alcohol but remained below the statutory limit.
- Police deployed unmarked patrol cars on Tai Po Road, Lung Cheung Road, Ching Cheung Road, West Kowloon Highway and the West Kowloon Corridor.
- The nine detained vehicles included five motorcycles, two private cars and two goods vehicles, with suspected issues such as modified exhausts, excessive vehicle height and cracked windscreens.
Why It Matters
The operation shows police are combining roadside checks with patrols on major expressways in West Kowloon to curb risky driving behaviour and vehicle defects that can affect other road users. Further inspections of the nine detained vehicles may lead to follow-up enforcement under the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations