Griffith Local Court is seeing a stream of drug driving convictions, after the Griffith LAC’s assurance drug tests are being used extensively in the area in an effort to stomp out drug driving.
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Wednesday saw two people charged with drug driving offences, including a man charged driving over the speed limit on the Hume Highway on March 13 with a disqualified licence. He was sentenced to a term of 12 months.
The second sentence came on the back of a white Holden Commodore being caught driving 127 kilometers per hour, with two women and a child in the car.
The driver was spoken to, and he was directed to show his drivers licence, where he responded with, “I don’t have one.”
He informed police his licence was suspended, and police confirmed the licence was disqualified for two years for a previous drive while disqualified offence.
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He was arrested and taken to Goulburn Police and was charged, and at the time was uncooperative with police.
The court has directed the offender be released from custody on the condition that he enters into a good behavior bond for the following 12 months.
The original disqualification, the accused was caught driving a vehicle with illicit drugs present in his blood in April 2015, and hit with a fine of $400 with a disqualification of three months, and caught driving yet again in March, with a further $800 and a two-year disqualification.
Another man was charged for drug driving, and slapped with a $600 fine and a four month disqualification. The accused was stopped for a random breath test at 12.16 pm on April 17.
A breath test was conducted and returned a negative result, however the subsequent drug test came back positive for the illegal substances Methamphetamines and cannabis.
The secondary test also came back positive to Delta 9 and THC. When questioned about, the accused said, “I have no comment”.
The accused had been conviction for a similar offence in the past five years.
The region is ranked in the top for worst areas for drug driving in NSW, with 75 people being charged last financial year, according to NSW Police figures.
