22 February 2015 1 Min Read
Joburg metro police arrest 261 drunk drivers
Johannesburg Metro police officers at the crime scene where a metro police officer was shot on May 22, 2013 in Alexandra, South Africa. A metro police officer was shot and wounded by armed men in Alexandra yesterday.
Image: Bafana Mahlangu/Sowetan/ Gallo Images
Image: Bafana Mahlangu/Sowetan/ Gallo Images
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Johannesburg Metro Police said on Sunday that it had arrested 261 people for drunk driving in the city over the weekend.
The drivers were arrested at various road blocks, Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said.
"One drunken driver escaped from the Brixton police station when he told a female officer that he needed to use the toilet," he said.
Officers managed to track the man down in Pretoria where he was re-arrested.