A sobriety checkpoint by law enforcement officials overnight Friday resulted in one arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated among nearly 200 vehicles stopped in Hallsville.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department conducted the checkpoint in conjunction with police from Hallsville and Columbia as well as the Boone County chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the department said in a news release.

Authorities stopped 194 vehicles during the checkpoint from 11 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. yesterday at Route B and Highway 124, the sheriff’s department said.

In addition, officers issued summonses to or arrested people on the following offenses: one person for driving with a suspended or revoked license, two people for possession of marijuana, two for possession of drug paraphernalia, two for liquor law violations and one for possession of a prohibited weapon. Officers arrested one motorist on an outstanding warrant.

Summonses were issued for having no insurance, failure to register a vehicle and a stop sign violation, the news release said.

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