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Checkpoint nets 1 arrest, 10 citations

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COSTA MESA — Police arrested one driver and cited 10 others at a DUI checkpoint Wednesday night on Placentia Avenue.

More than 500 cars passed through the stop, with police screening 330 drivers for possibly driving drunk or not having a valid license.

Officers conducted two field sobriety tests but arrested only one driver. Seven vehicles were towed.

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Funding for the checkpoint was provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety.

—Joseph Serna

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