The incident occurred last weekend. Bolesławiec traffic police detained a 57-year-old Ukrainian citizen. Officers: – The man lost control of the passenger vehicle and hit an energy-absorbing barrier.

The first sobriety test showed nearly 2 per mille of alcohol in his system. Police: – The reading was rising; at one point, the test showed almost 3 per mille.

The man permanently resides in Germany, so police officers from the Police Station in Kruszyn brought the foreign national before the District Court in Bolesławiec, where he was sentenced yesterday in expedited proceedings.

The police headquarters: – The 57-year-old was given, among other penalties, a three-year ban on driving motor vehicles, a monetary payment of 5,000 zlotys to the Fund for Assistance to Victims and Post-Penitentiary Assistance, as well as forfeiture of the equivalent value of the vehicle he was driving.