MAPUSA
The Calangute Traffic Police booked cases against a tourist bus driver and five other drivers on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and also seized their vehicles.
On Friday night, a police team led by Traffic Police Inspector Sachin Narvekar conducted a special drive against drunken driving.
The drivers of six vehicles, one bus, two four-wheelers and three two-wheelers, were found to have been driving under the influence of alcohol when the police conducted a breathalyzer test.
A tourist bus was taking a number of tourists from Baga beach to their hotel, when the police stopped the bus at Baga Circle. During a test, the bus driver was found to be intoxicated.
The police registered cases against all six drivers under the Motor Vehicles Act and they will be produced before the Mapusa Judicial Magistrate First Class on Monday.
