THIRTY-FIVE drivers have been caught so far this month during a police Christmas drink-drive crackdown.
The campaign is timed to coincide with the festive period and extra road checks and breath tests will be carried out until the end of December.
This morning police revealed 27 drink-drivers were arrested in Oxfordshire during the second week of the campaign between Monday, December 7 and Sunday, December 13.
Police arrested eight for being over the drink drive limit during the first seven days of the crackdown.
Sgt Chris Appleby, of Thames Valley Police, said: “It is disappointing that is seems drivers are failing to heed the message that drinking and driving causes death and serious injury.”
Across the Thames Valley Police area 112 drivers have been arrested this month.
Drivers are being warned police will continue to hold drink-drive stop-checks across the county.
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