DORSET Police have released figures showing that the number of people arrested during this year’s Christmas drink and drug driving crackdown has shot up by almost 50 per cent.

A total of 133 people were arrested during the campaign – which ran from Thursday December 1 to Sunday January 1.

Last year 90 people were caught.

Of the 133 people arrested during this year’s campaign, 113 were men and 20 were women.

During the Christmas campaign there was an increase in traffic patrols and road-side checks. Also, every driver involved in a collision was breath tested, irrespective of whether they were suspected of drink driving or not.

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