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Highway Patrol Labor Day Crackdown Included Wilkes County

North Carolina State Highway Patrol Troop F made 83 impaired-driving arrests and filed more than 2,700 charges during a four-day Labor Day enforcement operation across 10 western North Carolina counties, including Wilkes County.

WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — Wilkes County was among 10 western North Carolina counties included in a four-day State Highway Patrol enforcement operation over Labor Day weekend.

Troop F conducted the operation from Friday, Sept. 4, through Monday, Sept. 7, with additional troopers working late shifts to increase patrol coverage.

83 DWI Arrests Across Troop F

State Highway Patrol troopers made 83 impaired-driving arrests during the operation, according to results reported Tuesday.

Troopers also issued 837 speeding citations and 248 restraint violations. More than 2,700 charges were filed during the four-day enforcement period.

Those figures represent totals for the entire Troop F enforcement area. A county-by-county breakdown was not provided in the available report, so the number of arrests, citations or other charges specifically issued in Wilkes County is not known.

Wilkes One of 10 Counties in Operation

Troop F includes Wilkes, Burke, Ashe, Alleghany, Caldwell, Watauga, Iredell, Alexander, Catawba and Lincoln counties.

Troopers used saturation patrols and checkpoints during the Labor Day weekend operation.

The North Carolina Forensic Tests for Alcohol Branch also provided “Booze It & Lose It” buses in three counties to assist with chemical testing. The available report did not identify those three counties.

Four-Day Labor Day Enforcement Effort

The operation ran throughout the Labor Day weekend, beginning Friday and concluding Monday.

The reported results cover enforcement activity across all 10 counties in Troop F and should not be interpreted as Wilkes County-only statistics.

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