Dialed 133 several times

Drunk driver called the emergency services during a police check

After the preliminary test, the man called the emergency services several times (symbolic image)

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You can't make this up. After a 50-year-old man from Laakirchen tested positive for alcohol during a police check, the man pulled out his cell phone and repeatedly called the police emergency number 133. It was no use, he lost his driving license.

He must have celebrated the national holiday too intensely. At around 2.45 a.m. on Sunday, a Wels police patrol stopped a car driver who was driving in a very conspicuous manner along Salzburger Straße and almost drove into the bushes there.

Officers were already there
Not surprisingly, a preliminary test was positive and the 50-year-old from Laakirchen refused to take the breathalyzer test. Instead, he kept calling the police - and the officers were already standing next to him. After refusing, he was banned from continuing his journey and had to temporarily surrender his driving license - he will be reported to the police.

Crossing the restricted line
The same police patrol had already been successful before. On Saturday, the officers had also spotted a driver on Salzburger Straße who had crossed a no-go line at a petrol station and then driven off in a very conspicuous manner in an easterly direction.

Driving license confiscated
The patrol stopped the driver, a 30-year-old North Macedonian from Wels. He showed strong signs of alcoholization. A breathalyzer test was positive - over 1.5 per mille. He was also prohibited from continuing his journey and his driver's license was temporarily confiscated - he will be reported to the police.