Category Archives Drink Driving

Driver acquitted following CPS disclosure failures

Following an allegation of drink driving, our client, a pharmacist, was arrested and required to provide a specimen of breath on the intoxilyser. After failing to provide a satisfactory breath specimen, he was accused of failing to provide a specimen for analysis. His case was that because of breathing difficulties, he was unable to do […]

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Christmas Crackdown: 149 Arrested During Drink & Drug Drive Campaign

Christmas Crackdown: 149 Arrested During Drink & Drug Drive Campaign

Greater Manchester Police say they have so far arrested 149 people for drink driving and drug driving during the first half of this month, as part of their “None for the Road” Christmas campaign. In the first 16 days, their officers carried out 463 breath tests, resulting in 149 arrests. Almost a third of drivers stopped […]

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Police Launch Christmas Drink And Drug Driving Crackdown

Police Launch Christmas Drink And Drug Driving Crackdown

Police forces up and down the country, including Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire Police, have launched their annual Christmas crackdown on drink driving and drug driving. In Greater Manchester, for example, Police say their officers will be breathalysing and drug testing drivers “around the clock” as part of a month-long crackdown. Last year, GMP officers […]

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Hundreds arrested for drink or drug driving over Christmas

Hundreds arrested for drink or drug driving over Christmas

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) say they arrested 324 people for drink driving and 80 for drug driving during their recent Christmas campaign. This compares to 273 for drink driving and 44 for drug driving during the same period last year, an increase of 21%. The number arrested for drug driving has almost doubled, almost certainly due to […]

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Police launch Christmas drink-drive crackdown

Police launch Christmas drink-drive crackdown

Police Forces throughout the country have launched their annual Christmas drink-drive campaigns. Thousands of drivers will be breath tested at all times of the day and night. As well as drink drivers, officers will also be looking for drug drivers. Some tests will be conducted first thing in the morning to target “morning after” cases. […]

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