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Police stop numerous drink and drug drivers

On Wednesday, the Salzburg police caught several drink and drug drivers in the net during priority checks. Several people lost their driving licenses. . 

Officers stopped a car on the Westautobahn (A1) at the Kasern rest stop. The driver, a 42-year-old Upper Austrian, was under the influence of alcohol (1.2 per mille). He also had to surrender his driver's license, as did a 55-year-old man. The man from Pinzgau got behind the wheel of his car with a blood alcohol level of 1.1 - he was caught in Wald im Pinzgau. The police also caught a drunk driver in the city (0.9 per mille). 

Officers also caught two drug drivers in Flachgau and Anif.