More than 50 arrests made in Hampshire drink and drug driving campaign
Officers spent a week targeting the offences
Police in Hampshire targeting drink and drug drivers during a week of action have made over 50 arrests.
Officers have been focussing on tackling those driving while impaired, as part of a national campaign run by the NPCC.
Between the 21st and 27th of August, police recorded 30 offences of drink driving and 22 offences of drug driving on Hampshire's roads.
Chief Inspector Emma Hart, of the Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit, said:
“Driving while impaired from drugs or alcohol is one of the most dangerous things a person can do.
“Even the slightest amount of alcohol or drugs in your system can greatly affect your ability to drive. Lives are lost or forever changed in fatal and serious injury collisions every year as a result of motorists ignoring this simple fact.
“We will continue to relentlessly pursue the selfish minority who risk their own lives, and the lives of other innocent road users, by drink or drug driving.”