<Anchor> It
was the first weekend of the gradual recovery of daily life. In the early morning of today (6th), the police conducted a drunken crackdown all over Seoul. A fight broke out with the driver who was trying to avoid the breathalyzer test.
Reporter Han Seong-hee covered the story.
<Reporter> The
entrance of Gyeongin Expressway in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul around 0:40 this morning.
On the first weekend of the gradual recovery of daily life, the police stop the vehicle to crack down on alcohol.
[Police Officer: I'll blow it up, take off your mask a little. (This didn't work, a while ago.) I'll try again. It was detected.]
Another meter is mobilized to detect drunkenness, but
[Police Officer: Not whoo, whoo. (Longer, longer?) Let me tell you. Blow until I tell you to stop. Failure to measure may result in severe penalties. (Okay.)] The
fight over the breathalyzer continues.
[Police Officer: You have exceeded the stop limit, you have exceeded the cancellation limit. (Isn't it because I force myself to blow hard, is this?)] The
man who denied that he had been drinking was taken to the hospital and even had a blood test.
About half an hour later, another man with a blood alcohol level at the level of a license suspension admitted to drinking.
[A bottle of beer at a friend's house... .] At the
same time, in Songpa-gu, Seoul, several people who were drinking and driving were arrested.
[Ahn Jae-beom/Songpa Police Station Traffic Division Inspector: With Corona, business hours are delayed, so if you come out around 1 or 2 o’clock, you often think ‘If you come out at this time, you will be fine’ and drive drunk.]
Police across the country this month From January next year, intensive crackdown on drunk driving has been implemented for three months.