A Police Community Support Officer who pulled over a driver was then arrested himself for being twice the drink-drive limit – by officers he had called for back-up.
PCSO Andrew Seston signalled for motorist Irfan Mehrban to stop his vehicle outside a school in High Wycombe, then called for assistance when the driver began arguing with him.
But when his colleagues arrived they suspected 44-year-old Seston had been drinking, and breathalysed him – finding that he was over the limit, before arresting him and taking him away.
Seston, of Watlington, Oxfordshire, a PCSO for eight years, was arrested by colleagues last April. He was later banned from driving after admitting drinking two bottles of red wine the day before.
Seston – who has since resigned from Thames Valley Police – was banned from driving for 12 months on May 17, after pleading guilty to drink-driving at Aylesbury Magistrates’ Court.
Mr Mehrban today spoke of his shock at being pulled over. The father of two told the Daily Mail: “I had just turned into my street after picking my son up from school, and this copper flagged me down.
“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.
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“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 backup and I rang the police myself. When the other police turned up and arrested him, it was the absolute definition of justice.”
