Bolesławiec police received a report of the citizen’s arrest of a drunk driver at a petrol station in Gromadka Municipality. KPP Bolesławiec: – Seeing the man’s condition, other drivers took his keys and notified the emergency services.

The Ukrainian national was completely drunk; a test showed more than 2 per mille of alcohol in his system.

The man was detained. Officers from the Police Station in Kruszyn collected evidence that made it possible to hear the case under accelerated proceedings. Bolesławiec police:

After sobering up, the 38-year-old was charged with driving while intoxicated and brought before the District Court in Bolesławiec.

What sentence was handed down?

The driver lost his licence for 3 years and was also ordered to pay a fine and 5,000 złoty to the Fund for Assistance to Victims and Post-Penitentiary Assistance.