OVER 50 arrests have been made by North Yorkshire Police in just two weeks as part of its summer drink-drive campaign including three in Ryedale.
The campaign, which began on June 14 and runs for a month, coincides with the 2018 World Cup.
Police are carrying out hundreds of breath tests across North Yorkshire as part of the campaign.
On average, the 53 people arrested blew almost twice the legal limit. Six recorded readings of more than three times the limit.
Eleven of the arrests were within 24 hours of the England Vs Panama game on Sunday, June 24. More than eight out of ten of those arrested so far have been men.
The figure represents an increase compared to the same period last year, when 49 people were arrested at the campaign’s half-way mark.
North Yorkshire Police Traffic Sergeant Andy Morton said: “It’s absolutely shocking that we’ve had to arrest an average of four people per day since our campaign began.
“It’s really not a difficult message to grasp – but some people continue to make the wrong choices and ignore our warnings.
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