Toulouse. Sunken hood, starry windshield, 2 g of alcohol in the blood: the driver’s grand slam
Through Laurent Derne
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The police described themselves at Place André-Abbal, a place unfortunately known for drug trafficking in Toulouse. Their goal: to be visible to residents of The Reynerie and dissuade dealers from appearing in their presence. That’s where they saw him.
Four times the legal limit
Missing him would have been difficult. Hood and starry windshieldthe driver of this Volkswagen minivan had had a problem, at one point, to circulate in such a vehicle.
At the sight of the officials, he quickly U-turn. After being caught, we understand better why. No papers, no gray card, no insurance. Leaving the cabin, as the police invited him, he staggered. The breathalyzer would deliver its verdict: 2 grams of alcohol in the blood.
The impounded car
It was 8 o’clock in the morning, Sunday January 29, 2023. So, end of the drunken evening? Or early alcoholic morning? In any event, by traveling with four times the legal limit allowed behind the wheel (0.5 g/l), without visibility, this 40 year old man “Already known to the services” from a police source was a real public danger.
He was brought back to the station for a sobering up, before his jail not be extended. It is not known at this time what legal action has been taken in this case. The car, meanwhile, was impounded.
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