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Prohib driver driving drunk

It seems some lessons are harder to learn than others.

A 33-year-old West Kelowna man faces possible impaired driving charges just one week after being issued a 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition and having his vehicle impounded for 30 days.

Shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday, a member of the Kelowna Integrated Road Safety Unit (IRSU) conducted a traffic stop on the same man, while he drove along Capri Road in West Kelowna.

The officer suspected the driver of being under the influence of alcohol and commenced an impaired driving investigation.

The man was taken to the RCMP detachment where he provided breath samples of over four times the legal limit.
 
He was found to be prohibited from driving a motor vehicle in BC as a result of a 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition that he had received just seven days prior.
 
The man faces possible charges of Impaired Driving and Drive While Over .08.

He was released from police custody on a Promise to Appear for Court in December.



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