Towradgi man charged with high range drink driving after weekend operation

A TOWRADGI man has been charged with high-range drink-driving after being stopped during a traffic enforcement operation in the Illawarra over the weekend.

Between Friday and Saturday, officers from Illawarra Traffic and Highway Patrol – along with officers attached to Lake Illawarra and Wollongong Police Districts – conducted Operation Fume.

During the operation, a Subaru Liberty was pulled over just before 10pm on Saturday, on Smith Street, Wollongong. Police will allege the 23-year-old driver tested positive to a roadside breath test. He was arrested and taken to Wollongong Police Station, where he allegedly returned a breath analysis reading of 0.172.

His license was immediately suspended, and he was issued a Court Attendance Notice for drive with high range PCA.

The Towradgi man will face Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday July 7 2021.

Operation Fume is a high-visibility road policing operation targeting criminal, alcohol and anti-social related behaviour and road related trauma.

Similar operations are expected to continue in the future.

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