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Drink and drug driving soars in Scotland despite lockdown and pub closures

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tier restrictions and pubs and restaurants being shut, figures released by Police Scotland have revealed a shocking increase in offenders.The figures have sparked anger from the husband of Theresa Wade who was killed by a drunk driver on the Isle of Mull in October 2015.Between April and September officers dealt with 4501 incidents of people being unfit to drive through drink or drugs.That is an increase of 45 per cent on the figure from the same six-month period last year when 3102 drivers were detained.Drivers being over the limit the next morning after drinking sessions at home as well as additional policing on the roads during the Covid-19 lockdown are being attributed to the rise.Superintendent Simon Bradshaw, from Police Scotland’s.

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