POLICE caught a driver behind the wheel at more than double the drink-drive limit in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Thames Valley Police Roads Policing officers raced to Lake View Drive in Bicester after reports of a drink-driver.
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When they arrived they found a car, stopped the driver and ordered them to take a breath test.
The first time they blew a reading of 74mcg. The second reading was 79mcg.
The alcohol limit in England is 35mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
The maximum penalty for drink driving is six months imprisonment, an unlimited fine and a driving ban.
Writing on Twitter, the force said: "Driver failed roadside breath test and was arrested at location."
Following a report of a suspected drink driver in the early hours of this morning. Officers located vehicle on Lake view drive, Bicester. Driver failed roadside breath test and was arrested at location. #itsnotworththerisk #Oxoncshift #P4245 #P6874 pic.twitter.com/aBd1TVTOxN
— TVP Roads Policing (@tvprp) November 14, 2021
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