Screenshot of the video of the State Traffic Police Department of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee on December 21,
MINSK . In Grodno, the State Traffic Police Department detained
drunk driver of a minibus, BELTA reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Traffic police inspectors stopped a minibus on the Grodno-Volkovysk route, in the cabin of which there were 13 passengers. During the document check, the physical condition of the 47-year-old driver aroused suspicion.
A medical examination confirmed that the man was in a state of
ALCOHOL intoxication . Despite the indignation of passengers who wanted to continue the journey with a drunk driver, the driver was suspended from driving.
Five administrative materials were drawn up against the offender, including for driving a vehicle while intoxicated. He faces a fine of 100 basic units (Br4 thousand) and deprivation of his license for 3 years.
The DIRECTOR of the transport company was held liable for allowing a driver who was intoxicated to drive, as well as for allowing a route taxi with technical faults to participate in traffic. The driver was placed in a temporary detention facility, the Mercedes was taken to a guarded parking lot. Materials on the facts of the identified violations will be sent to the chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee for taking appropriate response measures, as well as to the Ministry of Transport to consider the issue of suspending the license of the transport company.