EXCLUSIVE

Dennis Rodman has been arrested for DUI … TMZ has learned.

Rodman was driving in Newport Beach Saturday at around 11 PM when cops pulled him over for a traffic violation.   Cops administered a field sobriety test, which he flunked.  He was handcuffed, put in a patrol car and taken to the police station.

We’re told Rodman was cooperative and submitted to a breathalyzer test, and he blew over the .08 legal limit.  

Rodman remained in jail for 7 hours, and when police determined he was sober enough to care for himself he was released.

Rodman was busted for DUI back in 1999.