Highway Patrols from the Central Coast and Newcastle teamed up to saturate local areas in the Tuggerah Lakes and Brisbane Water Police Districts as part of Operation Katana on Friday and Saturday, October 27 and 28.
The target was poor driving behaviour and those driving drug and alcohol affected.
The operation saw 323 vehicles stopped, resulting in 170 traffic penalty notices with; 11 drivers charged for driving with a prescribed concentration of alcohol; 12 drivers providing positive drug readings;12 other traffic charges ranging from driving disqualified, suspended, refused and unlicensed never held; and nine vehicles efected.
On Friday, October 27 at about 6.55pm a 34-year-old man was stopped in Woy Woy, driving an unregistered motor vehicle and disqualified from driving until December 18.
He was breath tested with a positive reading and placed under arrest and then later returned a breath analysis of 0.192.
The man was charged for driving while disqualified, unregistered, uninsured and driving with a high range PCA.
The same night at about 7.30pm police stopped a 31-year-old man at West Gosford for random breath testing.
Checks on the driver found he was wanted for a domestic violence offence and he was taken to Gosford Police Station where he was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and served with an apprehended violence order.
A 44-year-old man was caught driving an unregistered vehicle on the M1 at Warnervale at about 7:40pm and recorded a positive breath test.
His licence was immediately suspended and charges were laid for driving unregistered, uninsured and mid-range PCA.
Two men, aged 28 and 43, were immediately suspended in separate incidents when caught at Umina Beach for driving with a mid-range PCA.
On Saturday, October 28, at about 1.10am a 23-year-old male was detected in Budgewoi driving without his headlights on.
The driver was breath tested with a positive reading and charged with mid-range PCA.
At about 1:30am a 41-year-old male was stopped at Kariong after police received reports about his manner of driving on the M1 from a member of the public.
The driver was breath tested with a positive reading but later at Gosford Police Station he was charged for refusing a second breath test and his licence was immediately suspended.
Police attempted to stop a vehicle in Gorokan at about 11.10pm and the occupants fled, leaving the vehicle in the middle of the road.
A subsequent search of nearby properties revealed a 30-year-old male hiding in the rear yard of one the houses.
He was found to have two outstanding warrants relating to break and enter offences and was placed under arrest and taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged and bail refused.
Source:
Traffic and Highway Patrol Command
the police have done a great job over the last weekend keep it up guys
Keeping our roads safe! Good work!
Great job keeping these people off the road ,a strong possibility that some lives were saved .To the police involved keep up the good work.