A man has been banned from driving for one year and fined £400 for a drink-driving offence. 

A statement from the RGP follows below:

Fernando Augusto Dos Santos Raposo, 43, a Portuguese national, of Cumberland  Road, was sentenced at the Magistrates’ Court this morning after pleading guilty to  Driving a Motor Vehicle with Alcohol Concentration over the Prescribed Limit. 

His arrest came after just after 11:15pm on Friday 7 October this month, when  officers spotted him driving a Toyota Camry south along Line Wall Road at speed  and veering towards the other lane. 

Officers signalled for Dos Santos Raposo to stop, and on speaking to him, noticed  that he smelt of alcoholic drink and that his eyes were glazed. 

On speaking to officers, he confirmed he had drunk “four or five beers” earlier and  then blew 73ug/100ml on the roadside breath test. The legal limit is 35ug.