A man has been arrested after being stopped on a stolen vehicle at Berri on Friday.
At 5.30pm on Friday (July 21st), witnesses saw a man driving a green John Deere Gator four-wheel agricultural vehicle in an erratic manner on Jones Street.
Police stopped the operator and submitted him to a breath analysis test.
He allegedly produced a blood alcohol reading of 0.100.
Checks were conducted on the Gator which revealed it was stolen.
The man’s licence was also showing as disqualified.
Police searched the man and located a credit card knife, which is a prohibited weapon, along with other stolen items namely Texta’s, gloves, a water gauge, a chainsaw and hammer.
The keys to the stolen vehicle were also found in the man’s possession.
A 37-year-old man from Berri was arrested and charged with drink driving, illegal use of a motor vehicle, theft, possessing a prohibited weapon and driving while disqualified.
He was refused police bail and appeared in the Berri magistrates Court where he was remanded in custody.
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