A total of 3,085 people were arrested for drink-driving and 75 of their vehicles impounded at road safety checkpoints during the past three days, April 9-11, National Council for Peace and Order deputy spokeswoman Col Sirichan Ngathong said on Tuesday.
Of the 3,085 arrested, 1,994 had been charged with reckless driving and 255 had their driver's licences seized.
Officials had impounded 63 motorcycles and 12 cars and public transport vehicles. The owners of these vehicles could reclaim them after the Songkran Festival.
On Monday, 1,345 people were arrested for drink-driving, involving 875 motorcycles and 470 cars and public transporters. Forty-seven vehicles -- 38 motorcycles and nine cars -- were impounded.
The arrests and seizures were part of the government 's campaign against drink-driving ahead of the Songkran Festival.