{"id":12945,"date":"2026-07-02T13:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=12945"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:38:58","slug":"26-year-old-charged-with-dui-after-stopped-traveling-149-km-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/26-year-old-charged-with-dui-after-stopped-traveling-149-km-h\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Year Old Charged With DUI After Stopped Traveling 149 km\/h."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment arrested a 26-year-old Mahone Bay man for impaired driving after stopping his vehicle for excessive speed on Hwy. 103 near Upper Tantallon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At about 9:30 a.m. on June 27, an officer conducting proactive patrols observed a Subaru Crosstrek travelling well above the 110 km\/h speed limit. Radar confirmed the vehicle was travelling at 149 km\/h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the traffic stop, the officer observed signs of alcohol impairment. The driver failed a roadside breath test and was arrested. At the Tantallon RCMP detachment, he provided breath samples of 110 mg% and 100 mg%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man will face impaired driving charges and was released pending a future court appearance. He was also ticketed under the provincial Motor Vehicle Act for driving with an expired licence and having open alcohol in the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RCMP reminds motorists that impaired driving remains a leading cause of deaths on Nova Scotia roads. Suspected impaired drivers should be reported by calling 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment arrested a 26-year-old Mahone Bay man for impaired driving after stopping his vehicle for excessive speed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12946,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12945\/revisions\/12946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}