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Three times the limit

13/04/2015

By BRIDGET SCOTT

A CRANBOURNE woman was busted behind the wheel by police while allegedly three times over the legal blood alcohol limit last weekend.
The woman in her thirties was caught as part of Operation Nightforce which ran in Mulgrave and Glen Iris last weekend.
The Traffic Accident Commission (TAC) funded initiative ran on Friday and Saturday nights in High Street, Malvern and Toorak Road, Glen Iris.The woman blew a reading of .154 and recorded the highest result for those caught during the operation.
She is scheduled to face Moorabin Magistrates’ Court at a later date.
As part of the operation, Prahran Highway Patrol officers conducted 1143 preliminary breath tests, detecting 20 drink drivers. In total, police detected 39 traffic offences.

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