A MOBILITY scooter driver has been arrested after he was found to have fallen asleep at the wheel while carrying a can of lager.

Police detained the man on Academy Way in the town centre yesterday afternoon, Sunday.

He was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, having allegedly fallen asleep while the scooter was moving and been carrying a can of Carlsberg.

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The offender is then said to have been verbally abusive to officers.