A MAN gets behind the wheel high on drugs before ending the night in custody.

Neil El-Komboz, 30, of Ditchling Road, Brighton, was seen by Asda staff stumbling around before getting into his green Volkswagen golf with a friend.

CCTV shows his car being driven across to McDonald's in the Marina and left parked across two bays as the men head into the restaurant.

Police arrrive and find El-Komboz unable to drink his cup of coffee without spilling it, slurring his speech, rocking on the spot with pupils like "pin-pricks" .

Sussex Police has released the CCTV showing his journey from Asda to the police cells on December 22 ahead of its summer crackdown on drink-and drug driving.

A spokesman said when officers arrested El-Komboz he said he had lied earlier about not taking any drugs - and admitted he had in fact taken crack cocaine, heroin and Valium.

The police footage shows him being spoken to in McDonald's, arrested and then going through the custody process before he was  laid down on a mattress in a cell to sleep.

He pleaded guilty to drug-driving when he appeared at Brighton Magistrates' Court on May 5, where he was banned from driving for 16 months, fined £110 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge. 

This summer Sussex Police plans to release video footage of convicted drink and drug-driving offenders showing the state they were in when they got behind the wheel.

Chief Inspector Phil Nicholas said: "Everyone knows that there are people who will get behind the wheel after drinking or taking drugs without thinking about the consequences.

"It is only when you see the condition that some of those arrested are in that it really hits home how dangerous their behaviour is.

"We have found motorists who couldn't stand, who couldn't talk and some who struggled even to open their eyes when we pulled them over.

"People who drink or take drugs and get behind the wheel have slower reaction times, struggle to concentrate and can behave more erratically on the roads, putting both themselves and other people in danger.

"We will not tolerate drug-driving and would urge anyone who thinks they know someone who is driving after taking drugs to contact us urgently so that we can act."

People in Sussex can text officers on 65999 with the details of people they suspect of drink or drug driving or visit www.operationcrackdown.co.uk.

Or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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If you know someone is driving while over the limit or after taking drugs, call 999.