A 39-year-old Stanthorpe woman has been arrested for allegedly driving with a blood-alcohol reading eight times the legal limit.

Police responded to a tip-off about a drunk driver and found the woman behind the wheel of a vehicle on Talc St about 2.45pm today.

She allegedly had a blood-alcohol reading of 0.407 per cent.

She will face the Stanthorpe Magistrates Court on August 9 and her licence was immediately suspended until that time.

Originally published as Alleged drink-driver 'eight times the limit'