Two unrelated assaults, three drink-drivers, a car driven off State Highway 6, and six arrests for breach of bail made for a steadier few days for Queenstown police and the Rural Drink Drive Squad, compared to the previous weekend, the opening of the Queenstown Winter Festival.
A 27-year-old Queenstown man was charged with assault after an alleged altercation with an Otautau man, outside Sky Bar, on Camp St, yesterday at 3.25am.
The alleged victim suffered a minor injury, Sergeant Mark Gill, of Queenstown, said.
A 19-year-old Invercargill man was charged with assault following an alleged attack on a 18-year-old Bluff man, who also suffered a minor injury, at Night 'n Day, on Camp St.
Out of more than 5000 vehicles stopped at checkpoints between Thursday and Saturday night, police processed three alleged drink-drivers.
Officers forbade three other motorists who had a breath-alcohol level on, or just under, the limit of 400mcg, from driving for 12 hours.
Sergeant Bruce Martin, of the Alexandra-based squad, said yesterday the vast majority were sober drivers and it was good to see people driving responsibly and to the winter conditions.
Officers handed out ice scrapers on the first night to clear windscreens of frost.
