The car had been untaxed for 255 days.
A driver has been arrested in Laois for drink driving a car with no tax.
Laois Road Policing Unit pulled over a red Kia Ceed yesterday, after getting a automatic number plate alert on their system .
The motor tax on the car was overdue by 255 days, and a bottle of whiskey in the front seat.
The driver was arrested and charged.
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