Tanker driver 'heavily intoxicated' with vodka bottle in cab 'swerves on motorway'

A tanker truck driver was arrested for alleged dangerous driving on Ireland's M7 motorway after concerned motorists reported the HGV swerving between lanes — and Gardaí found an empty Absolut Vodka bottle in the cab's centre console


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