A man who blew four times the legal drink drive limit is in police custody after he was breathalysed on the side of the M50 motorway this morning, Tuesday 8 November.
Police were called to junction one of the motorway at 11.50am after a concerned member of the public had seen a vehicle within a ditch on the grass verge.
Roads Policing officers found the driver asleep at the wheel and conducted a breath test due to suspicions that he was intoxicated.
He blew a reading of 148 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath with the legal limit being 35 micrograms.
The driver of the car, a 36-year-old man from Gloucester, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of driving whilst under the influence of alcohol.
He remains in police custody at this time.
