A MAN has been charged with being three times the drink drive limit after residents in a village near Oswestry contacted the police.
Oswestry's Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) revealed that a 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after they received information from the public in the Trefonen area.
Information from the public in the Trefonen area led the arrest of a 40 year old man for suspicion of drink driving.
— Oswestry SNT (@OsCops) May 18, 2022
Blew 108 in custody, charged and bailed to court.#policingpromise
They said he gave a reading of 108 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.
They said he was charged and bailed to appear in court.
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The post via Twitter said: "Information from the public in the Trefonen area led the arrest of a 40-year-old man for suspicion of drink driving.
"Blew 108 in custody, charged and bailed to court.
"#policingpromise."
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