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Pair of impaired drivers arrested in Lakeshore

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two people suspected of impaired driving, following two separate traffic stops.

The first stop was just before 8 p.m. on Monday on Gracey Side Road in Lakeshore when police looked into a traffic complaint.

A 56-year-old Wheatley man is charged with impaired driving and driving with excessive blood-alcohol concentration.

He was released with a date set for February 25 in a Windsor court.

The second took place shortly before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on County Road 22, also in Lakeshore.

A 34-year-old Windsor man was also charged with impaired driving and driving with excessive blood-alcohol concentration.

He was released with a court date set for February 20.

Both drivers have had their licences suspended for 90 days and their vehicles impounded for seven days.

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