The provincial police released their numbers when it comes to their long weekend seatbelt blitz.

OPP made 329 charges for seatbelt infractions, this is a steep increase of 611 per cent from 2021.

Last year, officers only made 37 charges.

Of the charges laid, 10 of them were involving a child not being properly secured.

Dryden – 37
Rainy River – 27
Greenstone – 15
Kenora – 27
Marathon – 10
Nipigon – 4
Red Lake – 4
Sioux Lookout – 10
Thunder Bay – 129
Traffic Incident Management Enforcement Officers (North West Region-wide) – 60