Military and police officials manning checkpoints along highways across the country to ensure traffic safety during the New Year Festival have so far impounded about 100 vehicles from drunk drivers, National Council for Peace and Order spokesman Col Winthai Suwaree said on Monday.

The action taken was in line with army chief Theerachai Nakwanich’s order for authorities to arrest people found to be driving while and seize their vehicles.

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