Man ‘surrounded by bottles of alcohol’ in car arrested by police
Police arrested a man on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle. Picture: Archant
A man has been arrested on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle.
Halesworth police officers were called to a quiet country lane near Saxmundham on Friday, July 12 following reports from an observant local that the man was slumped in the drivers seat of a car, surrounded by bottles of alcohol.
Offcers attended the scene and the man subsequently failed a breath test "being many times over the legal limit," according to police.
The man was arrested and taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre.
A post on the Halesworth Police Facebook page said: "Drunk male arrested in car.
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"Thanks to a vigilant member of the public, a male was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle today by officers from #Halesworth Team 4.
"The male was spotted in a quiet lane near Saxmundham alone and slumped in the drivers seat surrounded by bottles of alcohol.
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"Officers arrived, breath tested him and the male failed, being many times over the legal limit. He was arrested and taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre."
