Police stopped a driver after he narrowly missed an oncoming car and found he was more than three times the alcohol limit.
Twenty-nine-year-old John Cooper, of Main Street, Roslin, appeared from custody and admitted driving a car on the A72 between Innerleithen and Peebles on Sunday with a breath/alcohol reading of 110 mcgs – the legal limit being 35. He also pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice by trying to consume tablets at Peebles police station.
Kate McGarvey, prosecuting, said police saw the vehicle attempting a “faltering” three-point turn, adding: “They followed it and noted it was being driven erratically. It was stopped when it narrowly avoided an oncoming car.”
At the police station, Cooper “made a grab for some tablets and tried to take some before the breath test was taken”.
The Crown moved for forfeiture of the vehicle, estimated at £1,500. Sentence was deferred for reports, until March 20.
Cooper was released on bail and banned from driving meantime.