Tasmania Police says it is using data and intelligence to improve its operations during its Easter safety blitz.
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The number of random drug and alcohol tests over the first three days of Operation Crossroads has decreased by 25 per cent from the same period in 2017.
However, the number of drug drivers detected over the three-day stretch starting Thursday was 33 – only two less than in the same period in 2017.
There was a further 29 drink drivers detected, after 33 were charged last year.
Acting Inspector Steve Jones said the figures were a result of Tasmania Police targeting higher risk areas and concentrating resources in these locations.
“We now target areas from intelligence on previous traffic operations...and that’s why we have had similar numbers of infringements with less checks,” he said.
A further 288 speeding tickets were issued over the three-day period.