Two men who were found to be driving their vehicles while being over the legal limit of alcohol consumption yesterday appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennon in the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court and were each fined $50,000 with an alternative of six weeks imprisonment after they pleaded guilty.

Police reported that Marlon Thompson of Half Mile, Wismar and Tyrone Ally of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo were both charged on February 28 after breathalyser tests were conducted on them.