EAST: Hills breath blitz


Road policing officers took to the streets of Emerald, Cockatoo and Gembrook over the October 11-12 weekend as part of Operation Medusa.
Police breath tested 1526 drivers and were happy to discover only one of them exceeded the prescribed content of alcohol; a 49-year-old Cockatoo man received an infringement notice after providing an alleged reading of 0.081.
Highway Patrol officers were not so impressed by the following drivers:
• A 20-year-old Cockatoo woman will be summoned to court charged with fail to remain for oral fluid test, loss of traction, evade police and failing to display ‘P’ plates
• A 33-year-old Pakenham Upper woman will be charged on summons for unlicenced driving and fail oral fluid test
• A 44-year-old Hallam man will also be charged on summons for fail oral fluid test.