The Christmas period alone saw 31 drink-drive arrests

Police arrested 289 people, compared to 272 in 2002.

More than 10,000 people were stopped in road checks during Jersey Police's Christmas anti-drink drive campaign alone.

Police say the busiest night during the campaign was Friday 19 December and the early hours of Saturday 20 December, when eight people were arrested.

Thirty-one people were arrested on suspicion of drink-driving during the whole festive season clampdown.

Of them, 20 were charged and seven are still awaiting the results of blood samples. The other four were released.