A man was arrested by police in the early hours of Saturday after travelling 35 miles the wrong way down a motorway.
The man, in his thirties, from Sunderland, was caught by police in the Darlington area after travelling south on the northbound carriageway of the A1(M).
He was breathalysed and bailed by police pending further inquiries.
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