More than 100 Arrests Made in Somerset Drink-Driver Crackdown

More than 100 arrests made in Somerset drink-driver crackdown

More than 100 drivers have been arrested by Avon and Somerset Police during a new operation cracking down on drink/drug-driving.

Somerset Police arrest one in four drivers stopped during World Cup drink drive operation

Nearly a quarter of all drivers stopped in Somerset during the Police’s local World Cup police campaign were arrested for drink or drug driving shiw new figures. Officers stopped 465 vehicles during dedicated enforcement shifts, most of them timed around England matches, and made 113 arrests – almost one for every four motorists pulled over. Operation Limit ran throughout the tournament, with Avon and Somerset Roads Policing teams carrying out t…

Drivers caught in huge operation as 113 arrested

Men aged between 25 and 40 years old were identified as the main suspected perpetrators