A local woman has been put on a 90-day driving prohibition after she was caught drinking and driving on the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt.

The incident occurred on April 1 around 6:30 p.m. when police were alerted to a white SUV driving erratically on Highway 5, said Staff Sgt. Lorne Wood.

“Checks of the vehicle and its occupants confirmed the presence of open liquor and consumption by all parties in the vehicle,” he said. “There are several different fines that go along with that, and the vehicle has been impounded for a month as well.”

Wood added Merritt RCMP put a couple of the intoxicated passengers in the drunk tank later that evening for causing a disturbance downtown.