A 41-year-old man from Primrose Sands has been detected driving almost five times over the legal limit overnight.

About 6.45pm last night police stopped a blue Ford sedan in North Hobart for a random breath test.

The driver was found to have a disqualified licence for previous drink driving offences and returned a breath analysis result of 0.245, almost five times the legal limit.

He will appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court in October.

Sergeant Angus Dobner of Hobart Police said, “it is disappointing that people continue to put the community at risk as a result of their selfish behaviour.”

“Police are out on the roads every day enforcing the rules to keep our community safe, and we will continue to do everything we can to stop illegal and dangerous driving occurring.”