Twelve drivers arrested in five days in new Cumbria crackdown
A dozen people have been arrested for drink and drug driving, as police target offenders in a rural area.Cumbria police said the arrests were made in the Eden area in the last five days.Ten drivers were found under the influence of drugs and two above the legal alcohol limit."Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is one of the 'Fatal Four' - which are the four main behaviours which cause death or serious injury on the road network alongside speeding, using a mobile phone at the wheel and not wearing a seatbelt," a spokesman for the force said.
They added the majority of the people arrested were local residents and there would be more road patrols in Eden and the South Lakes.The force said: "Officers will continue to hold those who are putting other people in danger to account."
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