Alert citizens report two impaired drivers in Timmins

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Two people in Timmins have been charged with impaired driving thanks to complaints from the public.

In the first case, police received a call around 10:51 a.m. on Aug. 13 about an erratic driver heading into the city on Highway 101 West.

"Police intercepted the vehicle on Riverside Drive at Norman Street," Timmins police said in a news release Tuesday.

"Upon further investigation, police arrested the female driver for operation while impaired and (she) was transported to the Timmins police station (for) a drug evaluation."

The female driver from Matheson was charged with driving while impaired by drugs and was released on an undertaking.

Then on Aug. 14 at 11:15 p.m., another tipster alerted police about a man driving away from a local bar after having several drinks.

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"Police located the vehicle and driver at which point officers formed reasonable grounds to believe that the male driver was impaired by alcohol," police said.

He failed a breath test and the Timmins man was then charged with drunk driving. He was later released from custody on an undertaking.