A total of 245 vehicles coming into and leaving Alexandra on Friday night were stopped by police as part of a drink-driving blitz, and not one person was over the limit.

Alexandra Police Senior Constable Graham Perkins said the checkpoint, on State Highway 8 before the golf course, found only four people who were all under 250mcg.

Resources were brought in from Roxburgh and the rural police team, with a very positive result, he said.

However, further north on the same night, a man was stopped driving 118km/hr between Pisa and Cromwell, with an excess breath alcohol reading of 367mcg. 

He was given a $500 infringement fee and 50 demerit points.

Earlier in the week on May 14, a motorist in the Cromwell Gorge was stopped by police after a member of the public reported him dangerously overtaking another vehicle.

Snr Const Perkins said the incident happened in fog and he was located at McNulty Inlet, where police found his vehicle was not up to warrant of fitness standard.

His car was green stickered and he was also given a ticket for the dangerous manoeuvre. 

Snr Const Perkins said his tyres were bald and the vehicle had a cracked windscreen, which would’ve impaired his vision.

On Saturday night two people were processed for drinking driving after leaving a Cromwell pub, which police said was starting to become a common occurrence from patrons at that particular establishment.

“If you are seen leaving a hotel in a vehicle, you will be stopped,” Const Perkins said.