Overview
- The national Operation Limit campaign is intensifying enforcement over the Christmas and New Year period with increased patrols, breath tests and drug wipes at all hours.
- Sussex Police reported 63 arrests in a single week since the operation began, with 22 of those arrested already charged.
- Merseyside Police recorded 166 arrests regionwide in the first week and 25 on the Wirral in the first 11 days.
- Dorset Police carried out targeted patrols in Bournemouth, making three arrests on suspicion of drug driving and running a static stop on Wimborne Road.
- Forces are warning about lingering alcohol and drug levels, stressing severe legal consequences including potential life imprisonment in fatal cases, and asking the public to report suspected impaired driving.