Driver in Knaresborough calls 999 to report himself to police for drink driving

By Lucy Chappell
Published 13th Feb 2024, 09:28 BST
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A driver in Knaresborough has handed himself into the police after he called them to say he was “drink-driving and doesn’t know what he is doing”.

At just before 12pm on Monday (February 12), police received a call from a man to say that he was in the Knaresborough area and that he had a heavy weekend.

The Force Control Room immediately sent officers to the area.

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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 driver in Knaresborough has handed himself into the police after he called them to say he was drink drivingA driver in Knaresborough has handed himself into the police after he called them to say he was drink driving
A driver in Knaresborough has handed himself into the police after he called them to say he was drink driving

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: “Well it’s not every day that a suspected drink driver dobs themselves in to the police.

“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 and he currently remains in custody.