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Aug 2020
Over 20 arrests made on district roads last weekend
The police made 20 arrests over a single weekend on roads around Harrogate, Knaresborough and Skipton as part of a campaign to tackle drink driving.
The highest reading of the weekend was 144ug/100ml - over four times the legal limit - by a women from the Knaresborough area driving in York.
Operation Attention follows a summertime peak in drink driving. The efforts by the police are to put on a "show of force" to deter drink or drug drivers and catch offenders.
A total of 23 arrests were made between August 14 to 17. Out of those arrests, 10 were found to be over the legal alcohol limit - 35ug per 100ml of breath.
Other offences included speeding, with one driver caught driving at 80mph within a 30mph zone.
Traffic Sergeant Andy Morton from the Road Policing Group said:
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Last weekend's operation involved specialist road policing officers, special constables and local policing teams and more than 50 drivers were stopped.
The operation has ran from July 13 to August 16, a total of 171 people have been arrested for drink and drug drive offences across North Yorkshire.
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