North Carolina’s “Booze It and Lose It” campaign resulted in 260 DWI arrests in Wake County and a total of 3,074 DWI charges statewide, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Of the total charges, 2,822 were alcohol-related. 

Wake County led the state in DWI arrests, followed by Guilford, Mecklenburg, Cumberland and Forsyth counties. 

“It is our goal to reach zero fatalities on our roads in North Carolina,” said Don Nail, director of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, in a press release. “I am thankful of the work North Carolina’s law enforcement officers did during the holidays keeping those traveling the state’s roadways safe, averaging 128 DWI arrests per day during the ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign.” 

Nearly 350 law enforcement agencies participated in the campaign, with 10,914 checking stations and saturation patrols located across North Carolina. 

The campaign ran Dec. 11 to Jan. 3 and resulted in the issuance of 105,020 traffic and criminal citations in addition to the DWI charges.