Three local drivers have been banned after being sentenced for drink-driving related offences in the Magistrates’ Court today.

In the first case, Naveen Alwani, 19, of Glacis Road, was fined £400 and disqualified from driving for 9 months.

Alwani was arrested on 12 June this year, after night shift officers noticed that his Gibraltar-plated motorcycle was swerving from side to side on Winston Churchill Avenue just before 11pm.

On being stopped, he blew 61ug on a road side breathalyser test and was arrested for “Driving / In Charge with Alcohol Concentration over Limit”.

The legal limit is 35 micrograms (ug) of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.

In the second case, Steven Malia, 57, of Vineyards, was fined £800 and banned from driving for 24 months.

Malia was arrested just after 5pm last Saturday 3 July, after a member of the public heard a crash in the area of South Barrack Ramp.

The witness then saw Malia picking up his Gibraltar-plated motorcycle and called the police.

On police arrival, Malia blew 105ug on the road side breathalyser and was arrested for “Driving / In Charge with Alcohol Concentration over Limit”.

Richard Ullger, Commissioner of Police, said: “I am pleased to see that the courts are taking a strong line with these irresponsible drivers who show a total lack of responsibility towards other road users.

“RGP officers will continue to implement a policy of zero-tolerance and will continue to target drink drivers, who are a danger to themselves and to our community.”

Finally, local man Colin McHard, 51, of Queensway, also appeared in the Magistrates’ Court this morning, after being charged with “Driving / In Charge with Alcohol Concentration over Limit."

His arrest followed an incident on 19 April this year, after a road traffic collision between his motorcycle and another motorcycle just after 3pm on Winston Churchill Avenue.

On police arrival, McHard gave a road side breathalyser reading of 159ug.

He was then arrested for “Driving / In Charge with Alcohol Concentration over Limit."

At court today, his case was adjourned until later this month.