The Monmouth County Driving While Intoxicated [DWI] Task Force will conduct a checkpoint to detect drivers under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, task force coordinator Chief Michael W. Palmer of the Brielle Police Department said.

The checkpoint will be run from 11 p.m. Friday through 3 a.m. Saturday along Route 71 [Main Street] in Asbury Park.

Task force members and officers from the Asbury Park Police Department will pull vehicles from the southbound lanes into the Municipal Complex parking lot to determine a driver’s sobriety, Palmer said.

A second check point will be held along Route 35 in Shrewsbury, Palmer said.

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