Woman blows 5x over alcohol limit after crashing into parked cars

A woman has been busted driving more than five times the legal alcohol limit after crashing into parked cars in Melbourne.

About 2.00pm Thursday, officers responded to reports of a car driving erratically in the Richmond area.

Police arrived at Amsterdam Street and found the car lodged between a garden bed and a parked car, a second parked car was also significantly damaged.

The driver, a 40-year-old woman, was taken to Richmond Police Station where she returned an evidentiary reading of 0.261%.

She automatically lost her licence for 12 months and will be summons to appear in court for drink driving related charges.