Dangerous driving charges, Logan
A man has been charged with a number of offences following an incident in Logan this afternoon.
It will be alleged around 2.30pm police observed a white utility being driven in a dangerous manner along Kingston Road. Police continued to observe the vehicle and it is alleged the vehicle ran a red light before turning into Station Road.
The utility is then alleged to have continued along the Logan Motorway at which time police attempted to intercept the vehicle.
It is alleged the vehicle has failed to comply with police efforts to intercept it and has accelerated away and continued driving in a dangerous manner. Police ceased the attempt to intercept the vehicle and the utility continued to drive on the Logan Motorway.
A short time later the vehicle was observed by police to allegedly re-enter the Logan Motorway on the wrong side of the road and collided with another vehicle. The utility has then allegedly failed to remain at the scene and continue to drive along the motorway.
At around 3.15pm the vehicle was sighted by police stopped in Effra Street, Wishart. Police approached the vehicle and it will be alleged the sole occupant of the vehicle was observed by police to be smoking an unknown substance from a glass pipe.
Police placed the man under arrest and a search of the vehicle allegedly found a quantity of drugs and a sum of cash.
The man was transported to the Princess Alexandria Hospital for a medical check and was later transported to the Beenleigh Watch-house.
A 25-year-old Mount Warren Park man was charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle and adversely affect by an intoxicating substance and one count each of fail to stop a motor vehicle, fail to comply with duties of driver involved in a crash, obstruct police, possessing dangerous drugs, possess drug utensils and possession of property suspected of being the proceeds of an offence under the Drugs Misuse Act.
He is due to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court tomorrow.
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