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7 vehicles towed and impounded for excessive speeding near Nanaimo

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Nanaimo RCMP say a 3 hour campaign netted speeders going up to 68 kms over limit

Nanaimo RCMP say a recent speed enforcement campaign resulted in 7 vehicles being towed after drivers were nailed for excessive speed.

The Traffic Unit issued the tickets over a 3 hour period on Island Highway, north of Nanaimo.

Officers were targeting an area in the Lantzville area where there have been a number of recent crashes where speed was involved.

The speed limit there is 80kmh, but the excessive speeders werer caught doing between 125  to 148 km/h.

The vehicles involved were towed an impounded for 7 days.