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Coast Guard: Fewer are Drunk at Sea

Fewer and fewer boat drivers drink on the lake, according to the Coast Guard. Only 1.82 percent of those who were checked in the authority's national effort against drunkenness at sea in July were reported for crime.

» Updated: 10 September 2024, 10:10

» Published: 01 August 2024

Coast Guard: Fewer are Drunk at Sea
Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

The Coast Guard has carried out 1,377 controls along Sweden's coast, as well as in Värnen and Mälaren, over the past three weeks. Only 25 of all controls led to a crime report.

Although the recreational boat season is not over yet, the Coast Guard sees a clear low outcome in this year's sobriety checks and notes that the decreasing number of crime reports for drunkenness at sea is evident.

"The carried-out controls give us the picture of a continued positive trend for sobriety at sea. The boat people are aware of the rules and follow them to a large extent," says Mikael Furberg, unit manager at the Coast Guard's operational department, in a comment.

The national effort, which took place from 8 to 28 July, involved increased sobriety checks at sea, both randomly and upon indication of intoxication. Random sobriety checks were primarily targeted at larger recreational vessels over 12x4 meters.

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