They were all arrested on various roads in City of Kigali.<\/p>\n
Jean De Dieu Tuyisenge, a taxi-moto operator said he was arrested on September 12, at about 8:45 pm at Sonatubes in Kicukiro District.<\/p>\n
\u201cI took beers at home where I was celebrating the birth of our new born baby. I was later involved in an accidents after I hit the pavement and fell down. When Police officers tested my blood alcohol content with a breathalyzer it showed 3.34 millilitres,” said Tuyisenge.<\/p>\n
Like Tuyisenge, all the other 48 motorists were drunk beyond the maximum 0.8 millilitres.<\/p>\n
RNP Deputy spokesperson, CSP Africa Sendahangarwa Apollo said that the drunk motorists were were arrested in a four-day operations–September 9th to September 12th.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs usual, we have been parading people arrested driving or riding under the influence of alcohol. Many accidents are caused by such impaired driving and this is a deliberate effort to save lives,” said CSP Sendahangarwa.<\/p>\n
He sternly warned of strengthened operations against motorists violating traffic rules and regulations particularly drunk-driving.<\/p>\n
Their arrest came a week after 40 other people were also arrested in Kigali for driving while drunk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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