Overview
- Police in several regions stopped and removed intoxicated drivers over the weekend after they were spotted driving erratically or found asleep at the wheel.
- A 42-year-old in Speyer had a breath test above 2.4‰ and was taken to a station where blood was drawn; his licence was immediately seized and a criminal investigation opened.
- Officers in Karlshuld secured the keys of a quad after a 53-year-old tested 2.74‰, and in Bergheim police took a car key when a 50-year-old registered just over 1.1‰ on a breath test.
- In the Grafing area a witness followed a lorry that was swerving until police stopped it and found the 44-year-old driver had 1.4‰; the Munich II prosecutor has ordered a four-figure financial security and a driving ban is expected.
- All cases have led to Ermittlungsverfahren and involvement of local driving-licence authorities, reflecting routine police practice of breath checks, key seizure, blood sampling when needed, and possible licence suspension.