Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said police were called to the intersection of Frederick St and Anzac Ave at 3.30pm on Friday after reports of a three-car nose-to-tail crash.
On arrival, all the occupants had moved their cars to the Emerson’s carpark and the driver at the back of the crash, a 50-year-old man, admitted to having "two or three" glasses of wine about five hours beforehand, Sgt Lee said.
He underwent breath-testing procedures and recorded a breath-alcohol level of 1660mcg — more than 6.5 times the legal limit of 250mcg.
He was charged with drink-driving and will be scheduled to appear in the Dunedin District Court at a later date.
No-one was injured but a further charge of careless driving was being considered, Sgt Lee said.
Later, on Friday, at 11.30pm in Prince Albert Rd, St Kilda, a 54-year-old man was spotted by a member of the public driving as if he was intoxicated.
Police located the vehicle parked in the Domino’s, St Kilda carpark and waited for the man to finish up inside.
He was spotted getting back into his vehicle, and officers came over and requested that he undergo breath-testing procedures.
The man recorded a breath-alcohol limit of 761mcg and instead elected to have a blood sample taken.
At 3.20am on Saturday, a 28-year-old man was spotted by police having "multiple narrow misses" with the traffic island while driving up Stuart St, Sgt Lee said.
Police signalled for him to stop, and he was pulled over in Taieri Rd where he was breath-tested.
He recorded a breath-alcohol level of 841mcg — a reading more than three times the legal limit.
The man was charged with drink-driving and received a summons to appear in the Dunedin District Court at a later date.
Earlier at 1.20am, police witnessed a car travelling the wrong way along the Cumberland St one-way system, Sgt Lee said.
Police stopped the car and found an 18-year-old behind the wheel who admitted to consuming nine or 10 RTDs at a party before he tried to drive into town.
He underwent breath-testing procedures and recorded a breath alcohol level of 457mcg — the legal limit for people under 20 is zero.
The teenager elected to have a blood sample taken, Sgt Lee said.
