POLICE launched a summer blitz on drink-drivers in Lancashire.

New figures showed that summer months were the worst for drink-related crashes.

Lancashire's head of traffic, Superintendent Jeff Meadows, said: "We are not taking a back seat in this matter. People who drink and drive will be brought to justice if they are over the limit."

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