On 1 November 2026 the Graz traffic inspectorate Graz 2 carried out priority traffic controls across districts in Graz with a civil patrol focused on drink- and drug-driving.[1] Officers presented four drivers suspected of impairment by intoxicants to the police medical service, and the doctor on duty found all four unfit to drive.[1] A further driver recorded just under 1.5 per mille on a calibrated breath test.[1] Officers provisionally seized three driving licences, prohibited five people from continuing their journeys and collected a 1,200 euro security deposit from a driver from Kosovo.[1] A passer-by who showed officers an extended middle finger was reported to the district court for insult.[1]

During the same checks officers seized a small amount of cannabis herb.[2] Police filed one report under Austria’s Narcotics Act for the seized cannabis.[3] In total the operation recorded nine traffic reports, 13 preliminary breath tests, four medical presentations, three licence seizures and five driving bans.[3] The checks followed separate Halloween-night controls that had already netted numerous drink- and drug-drivers, a different operation left out of this report.[2]