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Olivia Williams

Driver with pint of San Miguel on dashboard 'too drunk' for breath test

Police stopped a man who was driving with a pint of San Miguel on the dashboard.

Officers from Merseyside Police's road policing unit stopped a van on Whitefield Drive in Kirkby at around 10.40pm on Monday. Posting on Twitter, police shared a photo of the pint glass perched on the vehicle's dashboard.

They said the driver was "too drunk" to provide a breath analysis and was arrested at the scene. The full post on Twitter said: "Any idea what made us stop this one? Driver was too drunk to provide and he's been arrested and is now in custody. Another selfish drink driver off the roads."

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In an update today, a spokesperson for Merseyside Police said a 31-year-old man, from Bootle, has been arrested and remains in custody.

The full statement said: "Officers stopped a van in the Whitefield Drive area of Kirkby at around 10.40pm last night.

"A 31 year-old man from Bootle was arrested on suspicion of failing to provide a specimen for analysis, failing to co-operate with a preliminary test, possession of a controlled drug of Class A (cocaine) and using a vehicle without third party insurance. He is currently in custody."

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