Nine Cup arrests, gran found drink driving

Nine people were arrested at the Melbourne Cup Carnival, while a 75-year-old woman has been fined for drink driving after a race day event at a bowls club.

Victoria police on hand at Melbourne Cup Day

Nine people have been arrested, including one for drug trafficking, at the Melbourne Cup Carnival. (AAP)

Nine people have been arrested, including one for drug trafficking, at the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Officers have also fined a 75-year-old woman caught drink driving the wrong way through a roundabout after a race day function at her local bowls club.

Seven people were arrested for being drunk, another was arrested over an assault and one in relation to trafficking a drug of dependence, Victoria Police spokesman Tom Byrne said in a statement.

Between police and security staff, 78 people were evicted from Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday.

In Hastings, local police stopped a woman driving on the wrong side of a roundabout on the Frankston-Flinders Road and High Street about 5pm.

The woman gave a blood alcohol reading of 0.122 per cent - more than twice the legal limit - and she was fined $661 and her licence was cancelled for 12 months.

The Hastings woman told police she had been drinking at a Melbourne Cup function at her favourite bowls club, Mr Byrne said.


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