Last year 12% of people arrested for driving over the limit in Northern Ireland were from two eastern European countries, the BBC has learned. 
Using a Freedom of Information request the BBC found that in the last year 2,301 people were arrested for being over the legal drink-drive limit. 
Of those 4% were Polish and 8% Lithuanian. Overall they account for no more than about 1% of NI's population. 
Nearly three quarters arrested were from NI and 8% from the Republic. 
 DRINK DRIVE (BREATH) 
Canada - 4 
Czech Republic - 10 
Hungary - 6 
India - 6 
Iran - 2 
Ireland - 173 
Latvia - 21 
Lithuania - 187 
Poland - 81 
Portugal - 38 
Russian Federatiion - 6 
Slovakia - 9 
South Africa - 10 
Ukraine - 13 
Zimbabwe - 3 Figures from PSNI  
The investigation, by BBC Northern Ireland's Newsline programme suggests there is a major problem with drink driving in some of Northern Ireland's immigrant communities.
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Friday, 27 July 2007
2,301 people were arrested for being over the legal drink-drive limit.
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