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‘Heavily intoxicated’ man allegedly drove to detachment, RCMP say

Mar 16, 2018 | 10:15 AM

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP didn’t have to go far to arrest a suspected drunk driver: he came to them.

They say a man went to their Antigonish detachment on Tuesday “hoping to release a friend who was in police custody.”

But officers arrested the man after determining he was “heavily intoxicated,” and had driven there in his 2008 Pontiac Wave.

They say he had also been on conditions not to consume alcohol.