Police detected three high-range drink drivers in the North overnight Friday including a woman who was nearly five times the legal alcohol limit.

About 6.30pm Friday a Northern Highway Patrol officer stopped a 38-year-old woman on the Midland Highway near Symmons Plains, after reports the driver had been been weaving across the road at Epping Forest.

During the intercept police discovered the driver – from NSW – had two passengers in the car who were both licensed and sober.

The NSW woman was taken to the Longford Police Station where she was breath tested, returning a reading of 0.234 – nearly five times the legal alcohol limit.

She was arrested, and charged and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

She will appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court at a later date.

In the early hours of Saturday morning, Launceston police intercepted two further high-range drink drivers.

A 31-year-old Ravenswood man on Invermay Road who returned a reading of 0.159 – more than three times the legal limit and a 25-year-old Ravenswood man in Launceston CBD who returned a reading of 0.148 – nearly three times the legal limit.

Northern Road Policing Services Acting Sergeant Rockliff said driving while under the influence of alcohol, particularly such high levels, posed a serious risk not only to the drivers, but all other road users.

“We would like to thank the members of the public who reported the woman’s driving behaviour at Epping Forest,” he said.

“Anyone with information about dangerous driving should contact police on 131 444.”