As the Xmas and New Year holidays approach, the Maputo police are cracking down on drunken driving.According to the spokesperson for the Maputo City Police Command, Arnaldo Chefo, last week the police confiscated the driving licences of 60 motorists who were breathalysed and found to be over the limit.Speaking to reporters today, Chefo said that these were among 820 motorists who were breathalysed.Many more motorists, however, lost their licences for speeding. Chefo said the police fined 699 motorists for driving above the speed limit, and confiscated licences from 199. A further three people were detained for illegal driving.The police campaign is aimed at reducing the number of accidents on Maputo’s roads. Chefo said that last week the police recorded 17 accidents. Although these did not cause any fatalities, 30 people were injured, seven of them seriously.
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