Gosport police arrest argumentative suspected drink driver who told officers they were 'wasting their time' despite damaging own car

Gosport police carried out several operations today.

This included seizing uninsured vehicles, early morning alarm calls, assisting Portsmouth colleagues with arrest attempts, tackling anti-social behaviour and seizing alcohol from underage children.

Among their daily duties, officers detained a suspected drink driver.

They claimed police were ‘wasting their time’, despite severely damaging his car.

Gosport police said: ‘The suspected drink driver told the arresting officer they were wasting their time and should instead be dealing with drug users and dealers, rather than suspected drink drivers.

‘This was from a suspected drink driver who had partially ripped off the front of his car and then left the scene of an accident.

‘He was reassured by the officer that we do also deal with drug users and dealers, and we would be able to deal with those people even more if we didn’t have to deal with suspected drink drivers.’