Police say a Connecticut woman charged with driving under the influence was drunk on vanilla extract, which contains a significant amount of alcohol.

Hearst Connecticut Media reported that New Canaan police found 50-year-old Stefanie Warner-Grise sitting in a car at an intersection with her eyes closed at about 4.45pm on Wednesday.

Officers said they found several bottles of pure vanilla extract inside her vehicle.

A police breathalyser
(Liam McBurney/PA)

She was then arrested after failing sobriety tests and later charged.

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