Wellington County OPP officers checked over 200 vehicles in the first hour of the annual Festive R.I.D.E. program.
It happened yesterday in front of the Operations Centre in Aboyne.
Within the first hour, police administered four roadside breath tests, five open alcohol charges were laid, there were three drug possession charges laid and police handed out one three-day license suspension.
The Festive R.I.D.E. stands for reduce impaired driving everywhere and the program runs until January 16.