Three drivers lose licence in separate speeding, drink-driving incidents

Two men and a woman have lost their driver's licences after being caught speeding and driving under the influence in three separate incidents across Canberra last week.

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According to ACT Policing, about 5.30pm on October 7, ACT Road Policing officers were conducting patrols on Hambidge Crescent in Chisholm when they observed a Ford Focus travelling towards Goldstein Crescent.

Police intercepted the SUV in Narrabundah as the driver was detected driving at speed of 144kmh. Picture ACT Policing

Police stopped the vehicle and spoke with the driver, a 20-year-old man from Bungendore, who held a suspended provisional licence. The man returned a positive roadside drug screening test for cocaine and was also detected as exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol.

He was taken into custody where he returned a secondary positive oral fluid test to cocaine and an alcohol concentration of 0.09 grams.

His right to drive in the ACT was immediately suspended and he is due to face the ACT Magistrates Court in February 2027.

In a separate incident, about 6.50pm on October 8, officers observed a grey Mercedes-Benz sedan travelling at an excessive speed on the Monaro Highway in Hume.

A short time later, officers detected the vehicle travelling at 93kmh in the signposted 60kmh roadworks zone.

All three drivers were found driving under the influence on Canberra roads last week. Picture by ACT Policing

Police intercepted and spoke with the driver of the vehicle, a 39-year-old woman from Kaleen, and observed two young children seated in the vehicle.

The woman underwent alcohol and drug testing, returning a positive breath test which was later confirmed at 0.195 grams of alcohol per 210 litres of breath, a level four reading.

Her licence was immediately suspended for 90 days, and she will be summoned to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court at a later date charged with speeding and drink-driving, police said.

In a third incident, about 10.15pm on October 9, ACT Road Policing officers were conducting patrols in Narrabundah when they observed a cream-coloured Jeep Grand Cherokee travelling at an excessive speed on Hindmarsh Drive.

Police intercepted the vehicle and detected its speed at 144kmh in the signposted 80kmh zone.

Officers spoke with the driver, a 20-year-old man from NSW who held a NSW provisional driver's licence.

The man underwent alcohol and drug testing, returning positive roadside screening tests to both. He was taken into custody and conveyed to Woden Police Station where he underwent further testing.

His right to drive in the ACT was immediately suspended for 90 days, and his vehicle was seized by police.

The driver was released from custody and will be summonsed at a later date to face the ACT Magistrates Court for multiple traffic offences, police said.

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