In a statement, the security force indicates that it carried out a special road traffic enforcement operation for four hours during the early hours of the morning, targeting driving under the influence of alcohol on the main access roads to the metropolitan areas of Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve.

During this operation, military police officers inspected 8,962 drivers, who were subjected to blood alcohol tests, finding 465 instances of excessive alcohol consumption, of which 135 had a blood alcohol level (BAC) higher than 1.2 g/l, which is considered a crime.

The corporation highlights the arrest of a driver who, after attempting to flee from the inspection, reversed direction and began a chase against the traffic on the A2 motorway, which connects Lisbon to the Algarve. After being "immediately intercepted" by the National Republican Guard (GNR) officers, the driver had a blood alcohol level exceeding 1.2 g/l.

The operation resulted in the arrest of 151 drivers, 135 for driving with a blood alcohol level equal to or greater than 1.2 g/l and 16 for driving without a valid license.

The GNR also reports that, during the four hours of the operation carried out on New Year's Eve, it recorded one administrative offense for possession and consumption of nitrous oxide while driving, in flagrante delicto, with the seizure of four 3.3-litre canisters, two administrative offenses for drug use, and one criminal complaint for drug trafficking with the seizure of 26 doses of hashish.

This inspection was part of the Christmas and New Year Operation that the GNR is carrying out until Sunday, January 4th.