OSLO (Norway) - A RICH Norwegian has been ordered to pay a 700,000 kroner (S$158,000) fine after driving his car 400 meters while drunk.
Police stopped the 49-year-old man in October near the airport for southern Norway's Kristiansand.
Tests showed he had a blood alcohol content of .188 per cent. Norway's maximum is .02 percent.
The man pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday.
Norwegian courts set drunken driving fines based on income and personal wealth.
Tuesday's ruling says the man's income is 751,769 kroner and personal wealth is 228 million kroner.
It also revoked his licence for two years and three months. -- AP
