The State Police has arrested a truck driver on the Jelgava highway with a three percent alcohol intoxication, the State Police informed the LETA agency.
On April 24, around 10 o’clock, a resident who was moving along the road from Riga to Jelgava noticed a truck with a trailer, the driver of which was driving very unconvincingly.
The eyewitness contacted the State Police, informing them about the suspicious vehicle, as well as the direction in which it was going, confirming the information provided with video material that proved the unconvincing driving of the vehicle.
After a short time, the police found the driver of the truck, and during the test, the driver was found to be intoxicated with 3.16 parts per million of alcohol.
Criminal proceedings have been initiated for this violation. Such a violation is punishable by deprivation of liberty for up to one year, probation supervision, community service, or a fine, revocation of the right to drive a vehicle for five years.
In November 2022, amendments to the Criminal Law entered into force, which provide for criminal liability for driving a vehicle or teaching to drive a vehicle, if the concentration of alcohol found in the exhaled air or blood test exceeds 1.5 ppm.
Likewise, criminal liability is provided for driving a vehicle or teaching to drive a vehicle while under the influence of narcotic, psychotropic, toxic or other intoxicating substances.
Also, the vehicle is confiscated if the owner drove it under the influence of alcohol or refused to be tested for the presence of intoxicating substances in the body. In cases where the vehicle driven while intoxicated belongs to another person, the full or partial value of this vehicle shall be recovered from the guilty person.
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