Surrey Police's Christmas crackdown on drink- and drug- drivers has led to 186 arrests across the county in just four weeks.

The arrests were made during the force's annual campaign, which ran from 1st December to 1st January. Officers arrested 83 drivers on suspicion of drink-driving and 109 on suspicion of drug-driving. Some drivers were arrested on suspicion of both offences.

Chief Inspector Michael Hodder, from the Surrey and Sussex Roads Policing Unit, said: "These statistics show that there is still a minority of people who think drink- and drug-driving is acceptable action, with little regard to their lives or those of other people.

"There is simply no excuse for this and we will always take these incidents extremely seriously.

"Fortunately, the vast majority of road users are sensible and law-abiding but there are still some people who refuse to comply.

"It cannot be overstated how enormous the consequences of drink- and drug-driving are. Even a small amount of alcohol or drugs can impair your judgement and seriously increase the risk of you injuring or killing yourself or someone else.

"We will be identifying anyone who is arrested and convicted as a result of this campaign, and we hope that this will serve as an extra deterrent to those people who refuse to stop this unacceptable behaviour."

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