{"id":2067,"date":"2026-01-08T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:05:11","slug":"breathalyzer-shortage-no-more-80000-units-ready-for-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/breathalyzer-shortage-no-more-80000-units-ready-for-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Breathalyzer Shortage No More: 80,000 Units Ready for Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Police Headquarters has confirmed that 80,000 breathalyzer units, also known as alcolyzers or \u201cballoons,\u201d have been imported and are ready for use across Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Director of Traffic Headquarters stated that the distribution of these devices to police stations begins today, December 23. Laboratory testing and quality assurance by the Government Analyst\u2019s Department have been successfully completed, ensuring the units are ready for immediate field deployment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This move aims to strengthen road safety by improving the detection of drunk driving nationwide, addressing concerns over previous equipment shortages and ensuring law enforcement has the necessary tools to enforce traffic regulations effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Police Headquarters has confirmed that 80,000 breathalyzer units, also known as alcolyzers or \u201cballoons,\u201d have been imported and are ready for use across Sri Lanka. The Director of Traffic Headquarters stated that the distribution of these devices to police stations begins today, December 23. Laboratory testing and quality assurance by the Government Analyst\u2019s Department &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}