Any time, any place, Cairns RPU
The Cairns Road Police Unit recently travelled to Bamaga for the Dan Ropeyarn Football Carnival.
Whilst enroute for the carnival, at about 12:50pm on Tuesday October 24, they intercepted a ‘bull catcher’ style vehicle on the Peninsula Developmental Road, approximately 35 kilometres south of Coen.
The driver of the vehicle, a 22-year-old man from Yarranden (south of Coen), returned a positive breath test and was questioned in relation to the vehicle.
The man returned a breath alcohol reading of 0.260 BAC.
He was charged with one count each of driving UIL, driving of a motor vehicle without a driver licence (disqualified by court order), vehicles used on roads must be registered, drive uninsured vehicle and vehicle not in safe condition.
He will appear in the Weipa Magistrates Court on November 14.
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Source: Cairns Crime Alert
