Police officers from Novi Pazar detained a driver who was driving with 3.43 parts per million of alcohol, reported the press center of the police in Shumen.  

The driver was stopped by the police for a check on November 4, around 11:30 am.

A 47-year-old man from the village of Trunitsa was behind the wheel of a passenger car "Volkswagen Golf", with Shumen registration, in a visibly intoxicated state.

It is dragger tested.

3.43 parts per million of alcohol were reported in breath. 

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The man did not provide a blood sample for analysis.

He was detained for up to 24 hours at the police station in Novi Pazar.

For a committed crime under Art.

343 B, para.

1 of the Criminal Code, an expedited proceeding was instituted.

According to data from the police in Shumen, from the beginning of the year until October 28, more than 46,000 driver violations were detected in the district, of which slightly more than 27,000 were related to speed. 349 drivers who were not licensed were also detected, as well as 201 who sat behind the wheel after alcohol use and 69 who drove after using narcotic substances or their analogues.

99 serious traffic accidents were registered.

Eight road users were killed and 112 were injured.

There were the most road accidents in which a pedestrian was hit - 24.

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