Video footage has emerged of the moment a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who stopped a motorist was arrested himself for drink-driving.

PCSO Andrew Seston,44, called for back-up after getting into an argument with motorist Irfan Mehrban during a routine stop outside a school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

But when his colleagues arrived they suspected the officer had been drinking and breathalysed him.

Seston was found to be twice the drink-drive limit and arrested at the scene. He later admitted sinking two bottles of red wine the day before.


Mr Mehrban, who uploaded the footage he recorded on to YouTube this week, said he had just picked up his son when he was stopped.

Irfan Mehrban captured the moment a PCSO was arrested after calling for backup during the row (Picture: SWNS)

‘He asked me to get out of the car, so I did because I was at home. I asked him why he stopped me, and he said he thought he could smell cannabis,’ explained the father-of-two.



‘It was then I smelled his breath and I was like “whoa”. He stank of alcohol. I don’t drink and I don’t do drugs, so I started arguing with him because he was drunk.

‘It was then that he called for back-up and I rang the police myself. When the other police turned up and arrested him, it was the absolute definition of justice.

‘He shouldn’t be stopping people if he’s drunk, and he definitely shouldn’t have been driving.’

Mr Seston, who has since resigned from Thames Valley Police, was banned from driving for 12 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving in May last year.

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: ‘Andrew Seston is no longer employed by Thames Valley Police and so as he is not an employee, we would not comment.’