In Irkutsk and the region, traffic police are increasing raids to catch drunk drivers. In one week, 43 motorists were detained in the city, and 44 more on the weekend. Police remind of severe penalties for drunk driving, including large fines, license loss, and even criminal punishment for repeat offenses. Road checks continue daily, especially near access roads to recreation areas, where extra traffic patrol crews are deployed.

Traffic police officers will conduct comprehensive vehicle checks to identify persons driving motor vehicles under the influence of alcohol.
Over the course of a week, traffic police inspectors detained 43 motorists in Irkutsk. Three criminal cases were initiated during the same week for repeated driving of a vehicle while intoxicated.
As part of vehicle inspections carried out by police last weekend, 44 were identified on the city streets.
Such raids are carried out constantly in the Irkutsk Region, especially on approaches to places where citizens rest. For this purpose, significant forces of the external services have been deployed. Additional traffic police crews have been stationed on the roads of Irkutsk.
Police remind that the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses provides for punishment for drunk driving in the form of a fine of 30,000 rubles with deprivation of the right to drive a vehicle for a period of one and a half to two years. In the event of a similar offense being committed again, the driver will be held criminally liable.
The court may impose a fine of 200,000 to 300,000 rubles on the offender, or up to 480 hours of compulsory labor, or sentence them to imprisonment for up to two years, or to forced labor for the same term.
Police officers urge citizens with an active civic stance not to remain on the sidelines and to report suspicious behavior of drivers on the roadway, and to assist law enforcement agencies in suppressing incidents of driving while intoxicated.
On the weekend, police will again go on duty aimed at identifying drivers who commit such violations.
Every day, checks are carried out on the roads of the Irkutsk Region. They will be conducted by more than 65 traffic police crews.