A 25-year-old man from Western Australia had his driver’s licence immediately suspended and has been charged with high range drink driving after being intercepted by police in Cairns late last night.
Around 10.30pm, police intercepted a Subaru station wagon on Spence Street in the Cairns CBD after Cairns City Safe operators alerted them to a possible drink driver. It will be alleged the driver of the vehicle returned a BAC of 0.174.
The 25-year-old man is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on May 8, 2017.
More than 3,000 motorists were detected speeding on Easter Saturday, including one driver travelling in the Airport Link Tunnel at 150km/h in an 80km/h zone.
Other high-range speeding offences include:
172km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Gaven;
151km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Loganholme;
147km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Loganholme;
137km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Leichhardt Highway, Goondiwindi.
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