(Labrador City, NL) – September 12, 2024 – The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) suspended two drivers and seized two vehicles in connection with street racing in Labrador West.

On Tuesday evening (September 10), RNC Patrol Services conducted a speed enforcement operation on the Trans-Labrador Highway in the Labrador West region. Two vehicles were observed traveling westbound in close proximity at a high rate of speed, determined to be over 50 km/h in excess of the speed limit. A traffic stop was conducted a short distance from the area by patrol officers.

The 37-year-old and 39-year-old men who were operating the vehicles were issued a driver’s license suspension and their vehicles were seized from the site of the traffic stop. They were both issued a summary offence ticket for racing on a highway.

Anyone with information related to aggressive or dangerous driving is asked to report it to the RNC in Labrador West at 709-944-7602 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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RNC File # 2024-62108

 

Cst. James Cadigan, #775
Media Relations and Public Communications Officer
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
media@rnc.gov.nl.ca
709-729-8658