Two people were arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in the Stroud district last night (Saturday).
Police pulled over the driver of a transit van in Dursley who was demonstating poor lane discipline.
The driver, a local man, was found to be nearly three times the drink-drive limit.
He is due to be charged this morning afer being taken into custody.
Poor lane discipline drew PC Tucker's attention to this transit van being driven through Dursley earlier. PC Tucker found the driver to be nearly 3x the #drinkdrive limit. The driver, a local man, is sobering up in our custody and will be charged in the morning. pic.twitter.com/AjE9fVwr9w
— Stroud Police (@StroudPolice) May 8, 2021
A second drink-drive suspect was arrested in Dudbridge having first fled from an Audi when police tried to stop him.
He was located and found to be nearly two times the limit. The Audi was seized as it was not insured.
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