Drug driving offences double in Gloucestershire this winter

Twice the amount of drug drivers were on our roads this winter compared to last year, despite Covid-19 restrictions affecting the amount of people going to pubs.
130 people were arrested for drink or drug driving related offences over the course of the Constabulary's winter anti-drink and drug drive campaign. This is compared to 98 people arrested the previous year during the same period.
70 people were arrested for drug driving offences, compared to 36 people during the same operation last year, seeing the number of offenders double.
60 people were arrested for drink driving offences, compared to 61 last year, seeing the number of drink drivers on our roads stay roughly the same.

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