Three arrested during DUI checkpoint

Police impounded six cars and arrested three drivers Wednesday night in Costa Mesa in the city’s latest DUI checkpoint funded through state money, officials said Thursday.

The checkpoint was set up at 19th Street at Pomona Avenue, and 690 vehicles passed through the stop, with police screening 343 of them, Costa Mesa police officials said.

Of those 343 stopped, police made the three arrests on suspicion of DUI, impounded half a dozen vehicles and gave 13 people tickets for driver’s license violations, which can include an expired license or not having a license.

Thanks to a grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety, police said plenty more checkpoints will be rolled out in the coming months.

— Joseph Serna