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Early morning intercept after race meeting

November 11, 2024 7:59 am in by

During the early hours of Wednesday morning Police from the Merbein Police Station were patrolling around Langtree Avenue, Mildura, after the Mildura Races, as part of Operation Furlong.

They saw a blue Toyota Hilux driving along Eighth Street at a fast speed.

They turned around to intercept the ute and saw it nearly cause a collision with another vehicle at Deakin Avenue.

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They quickly pulled the ute over which was being driven by an 18 year old male on his P Plates.

The driver tested positive for alcohol returning an alleged result of 0.153.

The vehicle was impounded, the driver handed an immediate driving ban and summonsed to court at a later date for the offences.

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