Police are appealing for information and witnesses following a report of a suspected drunk driver in Dungiven this morning, Wednesday 26th March.
Sergeant Long said: “Shortly after 10am it was reported that two men, who appeared to be intoxicated, had called into a business in the Main Street area of the town.
“The men then got into a car and proceeded to drive in an erratic manner towards Toome and Castledawson.
“It was then detected travelling on the wrong side of the main carriageway between Antrim and Ballymena / the Lisnevenagh Road.
“Officers pursued and managed to stop the vehicle.
“Two men, one aged in his 20s, and one aged in his 30s, were arrested on suspicion of a number of offences, including driving when unfit through drink or drugs, aggravated vehicle taking, failing to stop for police and dangerous driving.
“They remain in police custody at this time.
“Our enquiries are continuing, and we would appeal to anyone who may have witnessed the vehicle or to anyone with mobile phone or dash-cam footage to get in touch on 101, quoting reference number 429 of 26/03/25.”
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Intoxicated? No kidding.
Christ that’s a dangerous road at the best of times.
How did they get from Dungiven to Ballymena driving like that.
That looks safe 🤨
What’s going on in your life that you’re drink driving at 10am on a Wednesday morning?
Wonder if they went past any Road “Safety” Partnership vans on their travels?
I hate people.
Probably Drugs. I’ve drank alcohol before but never enough to step in and drive a car , and never enough to do that !! This sort of thing should be treated as attempted murder.
Probably Drugs. I’ve drank alcohol before but never enough to step in and drive a car , and never enough to do that !! This sort of thing should be treated as attempted murder.
He’s kind of driving on the left of the road
They’ll probably get banned from driving even though it’s unlikely they have a licence in the first place. It’ll go to court and they’ll have issues which lead to they’re drug or alcohol problems and they’ll end up with a 12 month suspended sentence. This place sucks ass!
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#Two arrested on suspicion of driving when unfit
https://www.psni.police.uk/latest-news/two-arrested-suspicion-driving-when-unfit
Police are appealing for information and witnesses following a report of a suspected drunk driver in Dungiven this morning, Wednesday 26th March.
Sergeant Long said: “Shortly after 10am it was reported that two men, who appeared to be intoxicated, had called into a business in the Main Street area of the town.
“The men then got into a car and proceeded to drive in an erratic manner towards Toome and Castledawson.
“It was then detected travelling on the wrong side of the main carriageway between Antrim and Ballymena / the Lisnevenagh Road.
“Officers pursued and managed to stop the vehicle.
“Two men, one aged in his 20s, and one aged in his 30s, were arrested on suspicion of a number of offences, including driving when unfit through drink or drugs, aggravated vehicle taking, failing to stop for police and dangerous driving.
“They remain in police custody at this time.
“Our enquiries are continuing, and we would appeal to anyone who may have witnessed the vehicle or to anyone with mobile phone or dash-cam footage to get in touch on 101, quoting reference number 429 of 26/03/25.”
A report can be submitted online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/ or you can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/
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*Fun fact* a lot of the Belfast Live stories about witness appeals are Copy and paste from PSNI Latest News, could come in handy if you don’t want to open a page that has 7 million adverts per paragraph
Yis love your National Trust don’t yis!
Intoxicated? No kidding.
Christ that’s a dangerous road at the best of times.
How did they get from Dungiven to Ballymena driving like that.
That looks safe 🤨
What’s going on in your life that you’re drink driving at 10am on a Wednesday morning?
Wonder if they went past any Road “Safety” Partnership vans on their travels?
I hate people.
Probably Drugs. I’ve drank alcohol before but never enough to step in and drive a car , and never enough to do that !! This sort of thing should be treated as attempted murder.
Probably Drugs. I’ve drank alcohol before but never enough to step in and drive a car , and never enough to do that !! This sort of thing should be treated as attempted murder.
He’s kind of driving on the left of the road
They’ll probably get banned from driving even though it’s unlikely they have a licence in the first place. It’ll go to court and they’ll have issues which lead to they’re drug or alcohol problems and they’ll end up with a 12 month suspended sentence. This place sucks ass!
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