Crime & Safety

22 Arrested in Sheriff's DUI Sweep

The sweep is part of the sheriff's 'Holiday Watch' program.

Sheriff's deputies arrested 22 people on suspicion of various drug- and alcohol-related offenses during a sweep in Encinitas, Del Mar and Solana Beach that wrapped up early Thursday, sheriff's officials said.

Deputies and officers from the state Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control conducted the sweep between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 3 a.m. Thursday, sheriff's officials said.

Deputies arrested 22 people in the three cities on suspicion of offenses including public intoxication, underage possession of alcohol, possession of marijuana, possession of an open alcohol container in public and possession of a controlled substance, according to sheriff's officials.

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The sweep was part of the sheriff's department's "Holiday Watch" program that got underway this week, officials said.

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