A man was arrested for allegedly speeding in a stolen car and returning a positive drug test. Photo: File.
A man has faced court in Wagga, charged with traffic offences after allegedly being caught speeding in a stolen vehicle, southwest of Gundagai on Sunday (6 November).
At about 4:15 pm, Riverina Highway Patrol were clocking motorists on the Hume Highway at Mundarlo when they detected a Range Rover allegedly travelling at 133 km/h in a 110 km/h signposted area.
Police stopped the vehicle and the 55-year-old driver was subjected to a roadside breath test and a drug test.
While he returned a negative result for alcohol, he allegedly returned a positive reading on the drug test.
Checks revealed the man was disqualified from driving until July 2023 and the Range Rover was reportedly stolen from a Melbourne home on in July.
A search of the vehicle allegedly uncovered that it was displaying false number plates and contained power tools and a number plate, all believed to have been stolen.
The man was taken to Gundagai Police Station where he was subject to a secondary fluid analysis, which allegedly returned a positive detection of methylamphetamine. The results of which will undergo further analysis.
The man was transferred to Wagga Wagga Police Station where he was charged with eight offences:
- drive motor vehicle during disqualification period,
- motor vehicle exceeding speed by more than 45 km/h – estimated,
- use motor vehicle with unauthorised number plate affixed,
- motor vehicle exceeding speed more than 10 km/h – Lidar,
- unlawfully possessing number plates,
- drive conveyance taken without consent of owner,
- driver using mobile phone when not permitted, and
- drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous.
Police will allege in court that the man filmed himself while travelling at 170 km/h on the Hume Highway in Jugiong earlier that day.
The Victorian man was refused bail to appear in Wagga Wagga Local Court today.
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