Freeze! Ice cream van driver is arrested for being over the drink drive limit after he was stopped by police for not wearing a seatbelt
- An ice cream man was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt in Devizes, Wiltshire
- Wiltshire Police breathalysed the van driver to find him twice over the limit
An ice cream man was arrested for being more twice over the drink drive limit after he was stopped for driving without a seatbelt.
Mariusz Kekus, 40, of Mascroft Road, Trowbridge, was stopped in Hopton Industrial Estate in Devizes, Wiltshire, before being breathalysed on the roadside.
The roadside breath test revealed the van driver had 90mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath – a rate that is more than twice the UK’s current limit.
UK laws make it illegal for drivers to be in control of a vehicle with more than 35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath.
Kekus was charged with drink driving and driving whilst not wearing a seatbelt and will appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on September 29.
Wiltshire Police stopped an ice cream man for driving without a seatbelt before realising he was twice over the drink drive limit
Wiltshire Police later took the ice cream man into custody before joking about the incident on Twitter.
The ice cream man was later bailed and will appear in court later this month on two separate charges.
A photo posted by the force shows a police car parked behind a purple ice cream van with the words ‘Enjoy Cadbury’s ice cream here’ written on it.
The automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) equipped police car is shown sat stationary in the road in Devizes.
The police force’s Twitter account @WiltsSpecOps later tweeted: ‘The driver of the ice cream van was sighted in Devizes where the driver had no seatbelt on.
‘On stopping the van the driver provided a roadside breath result of 90!
‘The flake has been added and we are off to custody.#whiskeyWhippy.’
Twitter users joked that the ice cream man should have blown a ’99’ on the roadside breathalyser test.
‘Thought he would of blew 99 for the bants,’ Twitter user @moorepropgroup posted on the social media platform.
Twitter user @EvoTriCoach asked: ‘Did you have to put cones around the vehicle?’
In a statement sent to MailOnline, a Wiltshire Police spokesperson said: ‘A man has been charged after being stopped while driving an ice cream van in Hopton Industrial Estate, Devizes.’
‘Mariusz Kekus, 40, of Mascroft Road, Trowbridge, has been charged with drink driving and driving whilst not wearing a seatbelt.
‘He has been bailed and is due to appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on September 29.’
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