Woman, 51, charged with being in charge of a horse while under the influence of liquor

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A woman has been charged after allegedly riding a horse through the drive-through section of a Queensland bottle shop while highly intoxicated.

Queensland police said local officers responded to reports of a woman refusing to leave a tavern in Logan Central, south of Brisbane, at about 11.30pm on Monday night.

“Upon arriving at the business the female allegedly rode the horse through the drive-through section of the tavern and appeared heavily intoxicated,” the police statement said.

The 51-year-old woman was taken Logan Central police station where she allegedly returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.226 – more than four times the legal limit. She was charged with being in charge of a horse while under the influence of liquor.

Queensland Police (@QldPolice) A woman has been charged after allegedly riding a horse to a Logan bottle shop while more than four times the legal alcohol limit last night. https://t.co/0WJhgjQKZn pic.twitter.com/RZWFG0QUFa

Queensland police said the case highlighted the fact that drink-driving laws did not only apply to people operating motor vehicles – “it can include a horse.”

Police officers walked the horse to the police station, before it was later returned to a home in the neighbouring suburb of Marsden by council workers.

The woman will appear in Beenleigh magistrates court on 26 June.