Drink-driver in Bromsgrove arrested for being almost FIVE times over the legal limit - The Bromsgrove Standard

Drink-driver in Bromsgrove arrested for being almost FIVE times over the legal limit

Bromsgrove Editorial 3rd Oct, 2019 Updated: 3rd Oct, 2019   0

A MAN was arrested after being found almost five times over the legal drinking limit in Bromsgrove last night.

Police spotted the 58-year-old, from Rednal, trying to drive off in his car on Barnsley Hall Road at 7.45pm.

A West Mercia Police spokesperson said: “The driver was heavily intoxicated and provided a breath test reading of 159.

“The legal limit is 35.”




The man remains in custody.


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