A 27-YEAR-OLD man from St Helens has been charged with drink driving after officers made an arrest in Kirkby over the weekend.

Officers said they carried out a roadside breath test on Valley Road, Kirkby on Sunday, August 16.

A man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.

Police have since charged a man in connection to this.

Lee Briers, 27, of Hardshaw Street, St Helens has been charged with driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level above the limit.

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Meanwhile, in a separate incident a 44-year-old man was arrested on Tendlands Drive, Prescot on Sunday following a stop check of a vehicle.

Officers arrested the man on suspicion of driving whilst unfit through drink.

He remains in police custody.