GARDAÍ HAVE SAID they have arrested one person after pulling over a driver who they said was drinking a bottle of beer while driving and using their phone.

Officers said that when they pulled over the driver and then discovered the car had no tax, insurance or NCT.

The driver was then arrested.

Commercial vehicle Unit stop disqualified driver on phone while drinking bottle of beer.

No tax/insurance or nct!

Arrested & court to follow pic.twitter.com/juXrCAcPNv — An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) May 31, 2017 Source: An Garda Síochána /Twitter

Gardaí have been busy on the roads in recent days and a heavy presence is expected for the upcoming June bank holiday weekend which is a time when there are usually a lot of road traffic collisions.