Greensborough Highway Patrol officers have impounded a car after it was detected allegedly speeding near Essendon Fields this morning.
Officers detected a gold GTI sedan allegedly travelling at 147km/h along Tullamarine Freeway in a 80km/h speed zone area, about 8.30am on 27 September.
The car was intercepted and the p-plate driver, a 21-year-old man from Sydenham, underwent a preliminary breath test.
He accompanied police to a station and returned an alleged evidentiary reading of 0.126.
His licence was immediately suspended and the unroadworthy car was impounded with towing costs of $989
He is expected to be charged with drink driving and other traffic offences.
This intercept forms part of Operation Scoreboard, a statewide road policing operation coinciding with the AFL Grand Final long weekend in Victoria.
Police will be highly visible and enforcing across the state’s roads in an effort to drive down road trauma.
Operation Scoreboard runs until 11:59pm Sunday 29 September 2024.
