A WOMAN was allegedly caught drunk behind the wheel just 10 minutes before police nabbed her husband drink-driving in the same car early today.
The couple was charged for driving with a high range blood alcohol content and without licences, the Northern Territory News reports.
Their five-year-old son was also unrestrained in the car, police said.
Northern Territory police Duty Superintendent Dean Moloney said the incident was a tragedy waiting to happen.
"One person drink-driving and risking their own lives is one thing," he said.
"But having numerous people in the car, including your unrestrained child, is just senseless and asking for trouble."
Police said officers were patrolling the Karama area, in Darwin's northern suburbs, when they pulled over the 32-year-old woman on Dorrigo Crescent for a random breath test about 2.45am.
Four passengers, including the woman's husband and their young son, were in the Honda Accord at the time.
She allegedly blew .174.
Police said all occupants walked to a nearby residence and the car was locked.
But a second patrol of the area found the car back on the road only 10 minutes later.
This time it was the woman's 34-year-old husband behind the wheel.
He was breath-tested and returned a blood alcohol content of .175 per cent.
The woman was also charged for giving false information and the man was charged with having a young person unsecured in a car.
The woman was bailed to appear in Darwin Magistrate's Court at a later date.
"It's due to good police work that a tragedy was avoided," Supt Moloney said.
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