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Knaresborough drink driver calls police to report himself

Police received a call yesterday (Monday) from a man in Knaresborough who said that he was "drink driving and doesn’t know what he is doing."

Knaresborough drink driver calls police to report himself It’s not every day that a suspected drink driver dobs themselves in to the police. At just before 12pm yesterday (Monday) police received a call from a man in Knaresborough who said that he was "drink driving and doesn’t know what he is doing." The man told the 999 police call handler that he had had a heavy weekend before the Force Control Room sent officers to the area. The call handler managed to obtain further information from the caller and officers on the ground located the man’s vehicle within fifteen minutes. A roadside breath test was carried out and the driver blew 118 at the side of the road. The legal limit is 35. The man in his 50s was arrested on suspicion of drink driving. He currently remains in custody. Read more local stories from Your Harrogate here.

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