Three suspects arrested during THP checkpoint

And the troopers will be out in force during the Thanksgiving weekend as well to keep the roadways safe.

According to information provided by the THP, the checkpoint took place a short distance south of Mullins Mill Road on U.S. 41-A South from 9 to 11 p.m.

A total of 475 vehicles passed through the checkpoint, with 22 cars detained, five searched, two seized and an estimated seven grams of crack found.

There were a total of three felony drug citations, two child restraint law violations, one equipment law citation, three for the light law, one open container violation, four registration law citations, four for a revoked or suspended drivers license, one for "other" driver's license law, three seatbelt violations and four classified as "other."

Starting today at 6 p.m. until 6 Thursday morning, a trooper will be posted every 15 miles along Interstate 40. They will also conduct more than 50 sobriety and driver license checkpoints statewide, looking for aggressive drivers, hazardous moving violations, impaired drivers and drivers who fail to buckle up.

"The C.A.R.E. Across Tennessee campaign allows us to increase our visibility during what is typically one of the busiest travel days of the year," said Department of Safety Commissioner Dave Mitchell. "We will work very hard to keep Tennessee roads and highways safe, and we ask drivers to do their part. Thanksgiving is a time to be with family and loved ones, and no one wants to spend it at a police station, hospital or even worse."

Thirteen people were killed in crashes on Tennessee roads during the 2007 Thanksgiving holiday weekend. That is a decrease from 2006, when 20 people died, according to THP.