Watch: Swerving lorry driver arrested for drink-driving

Video showed a lorry swerving across an A-road and its driver being arrested for drink-driving.

Darek Smagiel, 55, was stopped by Cambridgeshire Police on the eastbound A14 at Fenstanton on Monday.

The force said he was six times over the legal alcohol limit for drivers and that several bottles of whisky were found in his cab.

An officer is heard in the bodycam footage saying he could "smell liquor" during the arrest.

Smagiel, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to drink-driving and dangerous driving at Cambridgeshire Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, and disqualified from driving for three years.

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