IT was a busy weekend for officers throughout North Wales, keeping communities safe and ensuring compliance with COVID regulations.

In excess of 2500 vehicles were stopped across the force area - the vast majority of these were local people with valid reasons to travel; approximately 60 were from out of the area and were either reported for breaching COVID legislation or sent home having had suitable advice.

In Wrexham on Friday May 15, North Wales Police made one arrest for Drug driving.

The following day, on Saturday, three men from Birmingham were reported on the A539 at Acrefair for travelling to Wales to visit Snowdonia.

On Sunday, the force issued four fines to the occupants of one car who were driving back to Wales after a weekend visiting family in London. They were also issued with fines for not having their two and four-year-old children in child car seats.

In Flintshire, one visitor from Wigan going to the Lighthouse in Talacre was advised regarding the restrictions and sent home.

T/ACC Nigel Harrison said: “We will continue to adopt a proportionate response towards everyone – we always look to engage with our communities, explain the regulations, encourage people to do the right thing, and only where necessary will we need to enforce the regulations with a fine.

“These results show that in the vast majority of instances, people are complying with the current restrictions. We have received an overwhelmingly positive response from the motorists that we have stopped. We thank you for your support and understanding in these exceptional times, and we continue to work hard to make north Wales as safe as possible.”