MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - A Polish lawmaker,
who was caught drink driving over the weekend, said that the
high level of alcohol in his blood was caused by eating "too
many apples," the country's Gazeta Wyborcza reported on Monday.
On Sunday Marek Latas, a lawmaker for the conservative Law
and Justice Party of former prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski,
was stopped by traffic police for a routine check and failed a
breathalyzer test.
The breath test indicated the politician had 0.7 units of
alcohol in his blood while the legal limit is 0.2 units. He
claimed that he had eaten too many apples prior to getting
behind the wheel, saying that apple juice is used to make
alcoholic drinks such as cider.
"I am diabetic," he said, "and I did not drive while
drunk. I ate several apples before driving."
The lawmaker, however, admitted that he "probably had a
couple of glasses [of alcohol]" the day before he drove.
"It was in the evening," Latas said. "I promise this will
never happen again."
The case is being investigated by Polish prosecutors and a
parliamentary commission on ethics. The issue of temporarily
stripping the lawmaker of his parliamentary immunity is
currently being discussed.
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