A male passenger ran off leaving his female companion to face the consequences alone when Brisbane Water Highway Patrol pulled the driver over for a random breath test at Ourimbah.
It was 11.45pm on Thursday, September 5, when police stopped the Hyundai sedan at a random breath testing station on the Pacific Hwy.
The 31-year-old female driver failed an oral fluid test and was detained.
A 32-year-old man who was a passenger in the vehicle tried to escape police and fled the scene.
Following a foot pursuit, the man was tasered and arrested.
Police allege the man had 206 grams of a substance believed to be cocaine, 57 grams of methylamphetamine and more than $4,000 in cash concealed in his pants.
The man was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with hindering or resisting police in the execution of their duty, two counts of supplying a prohibited drug, and dealing with property proceeds of crime.
He was refused bail until his appearance in Wyong Local Court.
This was just one incident police detected during Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) conducted across NSW from Thursday to Sunday, September 5-8.
Concerning road trauma trends prompted the RAID campaign which targeted drink driving, drug driving and fatigue – three major contributors to the state’s annual road toll.
During the operation police detected 470 drug drivers and a total of 6,653 traffic offences.
They conducted 120,093 random breath tests and charged 211 drivers for PCA and DUI related offences.
Of the 10,885 random drug tests conducted, 470 drivers returned a positive result.
Police also detected 1,895 speeding offences, 261 mobile phone or distraction related offences, and more than 4,200 other driving offences.