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Home News GNR arrests 151 drivers GNR arrests 151 drivers The National Republican Guard ( GNR) arrested 151 drivers in the early hours of New Year's Day, mostly for driving under the influence of alcohol, on the main access roads to the metropolitan areas of Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve.
A councillor on Funchal's city council yesterday requested the suspension of his mandate. The official, elected as a CDS representative, made the decision after he struck a man on the morning of New Year's Day while driving under the influence of alcohol.

Thousands of drivers were checked early this morning. The GNR carried out a special operation with hundreds of officers from across the country.

Leandro Silva issued a statement in which he admitted he had a blood alcohol concentration of 1.99 g/l.

The victim, a 58-year-old man, sustained injuries to his shoulder and arm and complained of back pain. He was bleeding from the head when rescued by firefighters and taken to hospital.
Excessive alcohol led to hundreds of arrests. Between Saturday and Wednesday, 1,576 road traffic accidents were recorded on Portuguese roads.
Nine people have died on Portuguese roads and 215 drivers have been arrested for drunk driving in just four days, according to figures released by police authorities as part of The post Nine killed in road accidents in four days appeared first on Portugal Resident.

The PSP also released figures, covering the past 24 hours. In that period it recorded 106 accidents, resulting in two people seriously injured and 38 with minor injuries.

The PSP stopped the driver in Rio de Mouro, Sintra. He had 1.7 g/l of alcohol in his blood and was carrying a fake driving licence.

Road safety operations took place in two phases: at Christmas, from 18 to 26 December, and at New Year, from 27 December to 4 January.
As part of the Christmas and New Year road operations, authorities have arrested 304 people for drink‑driving since 18 December — 182 by the GNR and 122 by the PSP.

Home News 76 drivers arrested per day for drink driving 76 drivers arrested per day for drink driving The GNR (National Republican Guard) and the PSP (Public Security Police) have arrested an average of 76 drivers per day over the last four days for driving under the influence of alcohol, as part
A 40-year-old woman had 2.17 g/l of alcohol in her blood. She was driving a vehicle that had neither inspection nor insurance. A pedestrian narrowly avoided being run over.
