"Here to Retrieve My Phone" Drunk Driver Who Walked to Police Station on Own Feet

"Did you drink?" question met with "I didn't" denial
Breathalyzer results show license suspension level

An intoxicated driver who came to the police station in person to find his lost cellphone was caught, a story that has been shared.

On the 28th, the official YouTube channel of the National Police Agency uploaded a video titled "Caught drunk driving, try blowing here." In the released video, around 10 p.m. on the 17th, a vehicle entered the Dongjak Police Station in Seoul. The vehicle struggled to enter straight through the main gate, repeatedly moving forward and backward before finally getting inside the police station.

[Image source=Official YouTube of the National Police Agency]

Shortly after, a man identified as Mr. A got out of the vehicle. After parking the car at an angle, he approached a police officer guarding the main gate post and said, "I came to find my (lost) cellphone." The officer on duty carefully observed Mr. A’s face. The officer felt suspicious seeing Mr. A’s awkward parking and then noticed a reddish tint on his face, immediately suspecting drunk driving.

The officer asked, "Did you drink any alcohol?" Mr. A denied, saying, "What alcohol?" The officer then asked Mr. A to blow into a breathalyzer. Mr. A only pretended to blow, but when the officer requested again, he blew briefly, confirming the suspicion of intoxication. However, Mr. A continued to deny, saying, "I didn’t drink." The officer took the car keys from Mr. A and requested support from the Traffic Safety Division and the local police station. Eventually, Mr. A was arrested on the spot.

The breathalyzer test showed that Mr. A’s blood alcohol concentration was at the level of license suspension (between 0.03% and 0.08%). The police booked Mr. A on charges of violating the Road Traffic Act.

Netizens who saw the video reacted with comments such as, "Driving to the police station after drinking? Does he think the police won’t notice?", "Please stop drunk driving," and "Where does the courage to go to the police station after drinking come from?"

Meanwhile, according to the National Police Agency’s public policy data on "Yearly Drunk Driving Recidivism Enforcement Records," last year, a total of 130,150 drunk driving cases were recorded. Among these, 55,007 were repeat offenses of two or more times, resulting in a recidivism rate of 42.26%.

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