Thirty-nine motorists in Crewe and Nantwich are among more than 250 facing bans and large fines for drink and drug driving in a Cheshire-wide crackdown.
A Cheshire Police operation caught 16 in Crewe and Nantwich behind the wheel under the influence of alcohol, and another 23 under the influence of drugs.
More than 160 drive drive arrests and more than 90 drug drive arrests were made by Cheshire Police during its Operation Roadster crackdown.
The force’s summer campaign saw officers carry out 1,074 roadside breath tests, with 163 arrests made.
Tributes have been paid to a 22-year-old woman who died after taking the MDMA drug at a South Cheshire nightclub.
Stephanie Shevlin had been to the Box nightclub in Crewe when she became ill and was taken to Leighton Hospital.
An insurance comparison website lists Crewe and Nantwich area as having the highest number of drink and drug drive offenders in the UK.
The data refers to the number of people in the CW postcode area who have visited the company’s website for a comparison quote in the past 12 months.
Seven drink drive arrests were made in Nantwich as part of a Cheshire Police summer drink drive crackdown.
The number of arrests shows no decrease on the same period last year, despite other parts of Cheshire showing a reduction.
Nantwich residents are being urged to sniff out cannabis farms in the town – after £3 million of the drug were seized by Cheshire Police in just three months.
Detectives say organised criminal gangs are using premises across Cheshire to cultivate the drug in local communities.
Young revellers across Crewe and Nantwich are being warned of the dangers of drug PMA after the death of a teenager in the county. It is feared 16-year-old Cheshire student Ellie Jones may have died from an overdose on PMA.
Drug users in Nantwich are being warned after three deaths in Cheshire East linked to the Ecstasy-like drug PMA. Cheshire East Council and Cheshire Police issued the alarm after the drug was linked to the deaths of two women and a man in their 30s.
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