Drunk dad who was taken to the bottle shop by his 9-year-old son receives a police warning

A drunk father who got his son to take him to a bottle shop received a warning from the police.

The incident unfolded in Mosgiel around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with officers inside a passing police car, believed to have seen the unusual family outing.

Police confirmed that the alcohol prevention team was in town for “checkout day” when they came across the young driver taking his 32-year-old father to a nearby bottle shop.

Acting Sergeant Major Anthony Bond said police had investigated the incident and “having taken all the circumstances into account, they have decided to warn the father.”

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The man will be referred for a course on alcohol and fatherhood.

Police and other agencies provide support to the family, Bond said.

A witness posted on social media about the “awkward moment when someone has their clearly underage son driving sober for them, and the police … the wagon goes around the corner at the stoplight.”

A source said Things The car came to a stop at the intersection of Gordon and Bush Highways when a passing police vehicle made a U-turn to prevent the young driver from moving on.

It is understood that the father was seen with his hands on the wheel.

An incident followed in August when a 12-year-old boy took a 20-kilometer drive through Dunedin, damaging several vehicles along the way.

In 2019, an 11-year-old boy was used as a getaway driver in a stolen car by a group of teenagers who allegedly tried to rob a customer of a dairy and a gas station.

Box Day was released by radio station The Rock in 2009 as a publicity stunt. Since then, it has been embraced by the liquor industry, with many vendors creating cases of ready-to-drink premixed alcohol in addition to beer.