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Operation Regal concludes

June 12, 2024 8:33 am in by

Almost thirty people have been caught driving unlicensed in the Mildura area as part of a long weekend police blitz on our roads.

Officers picked up 28 people driving without a license, along with two drink drivers and two speeding drivers as part of Operation Regal.

Almost three-thousand people were caught speeding during the sting across the state.

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Mildura Police Service Area:

2 drink drivers

2 drug drivers

2 other drink/drug

5 disqualified drivers

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28 unlicensed drivers

2 speeding offences

1 disobey signs/signals

5 mobile phone offences

1 unregistered vehicles

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More than 7,000 offences were detected around the state:

• 2,855 speeding offences

• 676 unregistered vehicles

• 410 disqualified/suspended and unlicenced drivers

• 259 disobey signs/signals

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• 222 mobile phone offences

• 198 drink driving offences from 107,025 preliminary breath tests

• 147 drug driving offences from 2,263 roadside drug tests

• 100 seatbelt offences; and

• 94 vehicle impoundments

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Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir says “Police will continue to enforce against those who engage in risky driving behaviour – there will be zero tolerance for those who blatantly disregard the road rules.”

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