Mount Waverley police intercepted an alleged drunk driver more than five times the limit in Hughesdale Wednesday morning, 22 December.
The Mount Waverley van were called to a dispute at an address on Willesden Road around 10.40am.
The alleged offender had left and as police were leaving the address, they spotted the vehicle and intercepted the driver of a grey Hyundai hatch on Arthur Street, Hughesdale.
The suspended driver of the vehicle, a 40-year-old Hughesdale man, was taken to the Glen Waverley Police Station where he returned an alleged positive evidentiary breath test of .268.
His vehicle was impounded for 30 days at a cost of $932.40 and he is expected to be charged on summons with drink driving and driving whilst his licence was suspended.
This impound forms part of Operation Roadwise, a state-wide road policing operation during the high-risk Christmas period.
Police are targeting impaired driving, speed, distraction, and fatigue in high-risk areas throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Operation Roadwise runs until 11:59pm Sunday 26 December 2021.
