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Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police stopped the 46-year-old woman at a checkpoint in Taieri Rd, at about 7.25pm on Saturday.
‘‘She'd driven to the store to get some tomatoes and had one wine before leaving the house.’’
The woman recorded a breath alcohol level of 582mcg and was summonsed to appear in the Dunedin District Court at a later date.
The legal limit for adults is 250mcg of alcohol per litre of breath.
On Friday, at about 9pm, police clocked a 54-year-old male driver speeding at 114kmh on State Highway 1, near Henley.
He recorded a breath alcohol level of 915mcg.
His driver’s licence was suspended and was summonsed to appear in the Dunedin District Court at a later date, Snr Sgt Bond said.
