An allegedly drunk woman was seen driving erratically while towing a caravan after managing to bypass her vehicle’s alcohol interlock, police say.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old woman was heading south of Dunedin at 5.20pm yesterday along the Southern Motorway when police noticed she was swerving within her lane, Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen said.<\/p>\n
She was stopped, and police noticed she was on a zero-alcohol licence and had an alcohol interlock installed in her vehicle.<\/p>\n
The woman recorded a breath alcohol level of 326mcg \u2014 the legal limit is 250mcg, however due to previous drink-driving convictions the woman was required to record a level of 0mcg.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018It was good to get her off the road,\u2019\u2019 Snr Sgt Dinnissen said.<\/p>\n
Police gave her a ride back to her home in Toko Mouth and she was charged with breaching the conditions of her licence.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the afternoon police received a complaint from a member of the public after seeing a rental vehicle driving at inconsistent speeds, driving too close to the centre line and weaving in its lane.<\/p>\n
Snr Sgt Dinnissen said police located the vehicle and the officers \u2018\u2018did some good work\u2019\u2019 with education and prevention.<\/p>\n
The driver was an elderly man with limited English visiting New Zealand from overseas.<\/p>\n
Luckily, his son was in the car with him and was able to translate, he said.<\/p>\n
Officers were able to give advice in relation to driving New Zealand, and the son took over the driving duties.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018Obviously, that’s a bit of an ongoing issue in relation to . . . overseas tourists not being familiar with our roads.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018It was good that the complaint was made, and we encourage people to continue to do that.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
At about 5pm yesterday, prevention officers working at the Centre City New World supermarket took note of a \u2018\u2018suspicious looking\u2019\u2019 vehicle pulling into their carpark.<\/p>\n
Police were called and they located two people of interest.<\/p>\n
The driver was a 57-year-old forbidden driver breaching his bail, and in the passenger seat was a \u2018\u2018high-risk recidivist\u2019\u2019 shoplifter.<\/p>\n
The driver was arrested for breaching his bail conditions and would appear in Dunedin District Court at a later date.<\/p>\n
Snr Sgt Dinnissen praised the loss prevention officers at the supermarket.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018That was some good work.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n