Last weekend, Barcelona registered the highest number of drunk drivers ever stopped by the Guàrdia Urbana (article in Castilian, La Vanguardia). During a special operation between Saturday and Sunday morning, with the tests done between 6am and 9am (the time period identified as when the most number of drink-driving incidents takes place), 343 drivers of the 2,730 tested were found to be driving when the amount of alcohol in their blood was above the legal limit; of this number, 39 were arrested because their alcohol level was so high (above 0.60) that they were guilty of a crime under the Penal Code. The number of drunk drivers identified this weekend was significantly higher than the previous high of 277, who were caught in March this year, although the same number of arrests was made at that time. In addition, last weekend, five people failed drug tests, including one who tested positive for both cocaine and alcohol, and who later admitted that he hadn’t slept for a week.

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