Rise in drink-drivers caught in Christmas crackdown

By David Newble

Friday, January 4, 2013

 

NINETEEN drivers were arrested on the Isle of Wight for drink-driving as part of Hampshire Constabulary’s 'Smashed’ campaign.

The figure compares to 16 drivers arrested for drink-driving on the Island during the Christmas and New Year's Eve period in 2011.

The campaign, which ran from December 1 to January 1, saw police target people they suspected of driving under the influence of drink or drugs, on the way home from nights out or the morning after.

Reporter: davidn@iwcpmail.co.uk

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