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Andorra Police Arrest 33 in Easter Road Safety Campaign After 719 Tests

27 for alcohol offences, three for combined alcohol and drugs; four drivers exceeded 2.0 g/l blood alcohol, with seven arrests linked to crashes including property damage and one injury.

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Key Points

  • Andorra police arrested 33 drivers during Easter road safety campaign after 719 alcohol/drug tests.
  • 27 arrests for alcohol, 3 for alcohol+drugs, 4 exceeded 2.0 g/l blood alcohol.
  • 29 residents, 4 tourists arrested; 7 linked to crashes with property damage and 1 injury.
  • Campaign part of 2026 risk-reduction plan with more checks planned.

Andorra police ended their Easter road safety campaign on April 12 after conducting 719 breath and drug tests from March 28, resulting in 33 arrests. Police detailed the breakdown on Thursday: 27 for alcohol offences, three for alcohol and drugs, one test refusal, one positive alcohol with drug refusal, and one for driving on a suspended licence. Among those arrested, 29 were residents and four tourists—31 men and two women. Four had levels above 2.0 g/l, peaking at 2.34 g/l. By age, eight were 18-25, 14 aged 26-40, and 11 over 40. Seven arrests stemmed from crashes—six with property damage only and one injury. Five drivers faced administrative fines for levels under 0.87 g/l.

Alcohol levels ranged widely: 12 between 0.87-1.20 g/l, 10 at 1.21-1.60 g/l, five at 1.60-2.00 g/l, and four above that. The campaign, the first of 2026 under the Interior and Justice ministry's risk-reduction plan, aims to deter dangerous driving. Police plan three more alcohol-drug checks and five operations targeting other violations, in collaboration with parish traffic services.

Key incidents highlighted repeat risks. A 59-year-old resident crashed into another car on Comella road Saturday morning, registering 2.0 g/l amid property damage. Early Saturday on CG-1 near Andorra la Vella's Estadi Comunal—while officers handled another crash—a 24-year-old made an illegal U-turn over a solid line to evade a checkpoint, later testing at 1.14 g/l.

Around 3am Sunday in Andorra la Vella, officers stopped a 49-year-old motorcyclist at 1.17 g/l, positive for drugs. He dropped a 0.4g cocaine packet, which police recovered. On his 29th arrest, he faced public endangerment and drug charges, receiving a Comella prison term. His 51-year-old passenger—with a prior theft conviction—resisted aggressively, insulting and striking officers; she was detained for offences against public authority and honour, getting a suspended sentence.

A 20-year-old female tourist veered off alone at Prada Casadet roundabout early Monday, injuring herself at 1.15 g/l in a single-vehicle incident. Other cases included a 34-year-old in Canillo refusing a test and threatening officers; a 55-year-old on a suspended licence; a 43-year-old tourist at the Franco-Andorran border with 2.2g cocaine and 33.75g hashish; and a 50-year-old for family abuse in Andorra la Vella.

Monday morning, a shirtless 24-year-old tourist was arrested for hurling stones at an Andorra la Vella car dealership overnight, damaging signs and three windscreens at over €600. He faces up to two months' jail and expulsion. Traffic police are probing early Monday bollard damage on Avinguda Fiter i Rossell in Escaldes-Engordany. They also impounded a 2017 Spanish Seat León with a mismatched plate, linked to a 2024 nightclub case and breaching a court order.

A minor CG-1 crash near Estadi Comunal early Sunday caused damage but no injuries; that driver passed alcohol tests.

Separately Monday afternoon around 4pm, an Andorran-registered truck carrying earth to La Seu d'Urgell overturned at km 1.5 on N-145 in Valls de Valira near Anserall tunnel, possibly from a neurovascular episode suffered by its 56-year-old La Seu driver. A veteran of Andorran transport firms who started with this employer on April 1, he veered into an oncoming Andorran car—causing glancing damage—struck a rock face, and blocked both lanes, severely damaging the cab and trapping him conscious by the legs. He sustained serious head trauma, leg injuries, and agitation; rescuers sedated him into a coma.

Catalan and Andorran teams, including SEM with a medicalized helicopter and ambulances plus firefighters with an extrication vehicle, freed and airlifted him critically to Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron ICU, where his prognosis remains reserved. The road closed fully until 4:45pm, then one lane until 6:23pm, backing up 7-8km toward La Seu from the border and 5km into Andorra. No other serious injuries; crash cause under investigation.

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