Hong Kong police arrest 17 in crackdown on dangerous drivers amid Dragon Boat Festival

Hong Kong police have arrested 17 people after setting up roadblocks across the city during the Dragon Boat Festival extended weekend in a bid to clamp down on dangerous drivers.

Officers manned checkpoints along major roads on Sunday and Monday as part of the operation, with 1,600 drivers stopped and asked to take breath tests.

At a checkpoint in Tsuen Wan, police arrested a 50-year-old driver after he failed a rapid oral fluid test and a search of his vehicle turned up a 130-gram stash of suspected ketamine, cocaine and heroin, among other narcotics.