Drink driver arrested in Chesterfield after police stop car during search for other offenders

By Tom Hardwick
Published 23rd May 2023, 10:42 BST
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A Chesterfield drink driver was arrested after a positive breath test – having been stopped during efforts to locate a number of “outstanding offenders”.

On Monday, May 22, the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit were patrolling the streets of Chesterfield.

A DRPU spokesperson said: “Stop-check on this one whilst looking for some outstanding offenders, but turns out not to be the ones we are looking for. Unfortunately, the driver provides a positive breath test.”

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The driver was arrested by DRPU officers and taken into custody, where they provided a reading 54ug – exceeding the legal limit of 35ug.