Drunk driver caught with 20 kg of spoiled meat on German highway
**South-East Hesse Police Headquarters**
***Hanau / Alzenau*** (our platform)
(lei) On Sunday, police officers in the Hessian-Bavarian border region pulled over not just a vehicle, but also its driver and parts of its cargo during a routine check. The recipient of the delivery was likely not pleased.
The reason for this was a civil patrol's keen eye, which spotted a white van on the B43a highway near the Hanau-Hauptbahnhof exit, heading towards Fulda and repeatedly veering off to the right. Upon closer inspection, the officers noticed that the driver was using a mobile phone while driving. After the driver merged onto the A45 towards Aschaffenburg, the officers again observed erratic driving and the driver using a mobile phone. The officers then signalled the driver to pull over at the Alzenau-Nord exit and onto a nearby commuter parking lot.
During the subsequent check of the 24-year-old driver from Rhineland-Palatinate, the officers detected the smell of alcohol and a generally impaired impression. A breathalyzer test revealed a reading of 1.42 per mille. The driver was then taken to the station for a blood test.
Before that, the officers discovered an unusual cargo in the transporter's cargo area: apart from several logs of firewood, they noticed a red plastic box containing about 20 kilograms of partly pre-cooked and partly raw barbecue meat. The box was not secured and some of the meat was already thawing, emitting a strong smell. The driver stated that he had started near Koblenz to deliver the meat to a friend who planned to sell it at a festival in Bavaria. Since the vehicle did not have a cooling device and the meat was not transported properly, it was seized and disposed of appropriately.
It is not known whether the recipient of the meat managed to find a replacement or had to cancel the sale at the festival. However, the 24-year-old now faces a criminal investigation for suspected drunk driving and possible violations of food safety regulations may be investigated.
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For further inquiries, please contact:
South-East Hesse Police Headquarters - Press Office - Spessartring 61, 6313071 Offenbach am Main Telephone: 069 / 8098 - 1210 (collective call number) Thomas Leipold (lei) - 1201 or 0160 / 980 00745 Felix Geis (fg) - 1211 or 0162 / 201 3806 Claudia Benneckenstein (cb) - 1212 or 0152 / 066 23109 Maximilian Edelbluth (me) - 1213 or 0173 / 5636097 Fax: 0611 / 32766-5014 E-Mail: **[email protected]** Homepage: **http://www.polizei.hessen.de/ppsoh**
Original content from: South-East Hesse Police Headquarters, transmitted via news aktuell
