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Cops on patrol after assault arrest woman when erratic driving spotted

byDaniel Jae Webb
12 February 2021 | 6.34pm
Cops on patrol after assault arrest woman when erratic driving spotted
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A woman was arrested on suspicion of drink driving in central Swindon last night. 

Police officers were on patrol in the Broadgreen area following a serious assault just over an hour earlier when they spotted someone driving erratically at around 9.20pm.

Patrols were stepped up in the area after a man was injured with a weapon – possibly a knife – at Swindon bus station on Manchester Road.

Officers pulled over the black Mercedes in Ponting Street and a woman, thought to be in her 50s, was arrested suspicion of drink driving.

She was taken to Gablecross police station but was later released under investigation.

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