Two men charged with drink driving after late-night police stops
A man has been charged with drink driving after a police stop on the A10 in Downham Market - Credit: Norfolk Constabulary
Two men have been charged with drink driving after being stopped by police in west Norfolk.
Officers arrested a motorist shortly before midnight on Friday (February 5) after he failed a roadside breath test on St Edmundsbury Road, King’s Lynn.
Paul Taylor, who lives on the road, was taken to King’s Lynn Police Investigation Centre where he was later charged with drink driving.
The 45-year-old was released on bail to appear at King’s Lynn Magistrates' Court on March 11.
Another motorist was stopped on the A10 in Downham Market in the early hours of Saturday (February 6) morning.
Officers discovered the man was a disqualified driver and he also provided a positive breath test.
Julius Taylor was taken into custody and charged with drink driving and driving while disqualified.
Most Read
- 1 Family of missing man informed after body found near lake
- 2 Drama as police plane circles villages for missing person
- 3 Police fine 39 second-homers and day-trippers in resort crackdown
- 4 Rogue trader jailed after taking thousands of pounds from customers
- 5 Chef to reopen major hotel that closed amid financial woes
- 6 More than 40pc of people in Norfolk have now had their first Covid jab
- 7 Emma Thompson and Peaky Blinders actor to star in new film shot in Norwich
- 8 'Unsatisfactory and dangerous situation' - Man frustrated by unlit roadwork
- 9 A 42-bedroom hotel with ballroom and set in three acres for sale
- 10 Coronavirus: How busy are our local hospitals?
The 59-year-old, of East End in Hilgay, later appeared via video link before Norwich magistrates and was bailed to appear at King's Lynn Magistrates' Court on March 3.
