Drunk driver buys more beer as Quebec police officer watches from cruiser
Man didn't notice officer's marked cruiser parked in front of store, police say
A 69-year-old man from Cantley, Que., faces multiple charges after a police officer filling up a marked cruiser at a gas station watched an impaired driver walk into the store to buy more beer.
It happened on Monday at about 8 p.m., MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais police said Thursday.
An on-duty officer was filling up a marked cruiser and saw a man walking unsteadily into the corner store, carrying an empty case of beer.
A short time later the officer watched the man walking unsteadily out of the store with a full case of beer, police added.
"Again seeing the individual's unsteady walk, the officer approached him, noticed the odour of alcohol and proceeded to a sobriety test, all under the man's [pretensions] that he had not consumed alcohol," the police news release states.
"Obviously, he failed the sobriety test and was immediately arrested."
The man asked the officer to let him go, saying he wasn't a criminal and that he would refuse a breathalyzer test at the police station.
His vehicle was seized for 90 days and his driver's licence was suspended. Police said he is a repeat offender.