High range drink driving and speeding, Mount Garnett

A 34-year-old Mareeba man has been charged with driving under the influence and disobeying the speed limit after he was detected speeding on the Kennedy Highway near Mount Garnett yesterday.

Police will allege that around 2.15pm a vehicle was observed on their mobile radar travelling at a speed of 153km/h in a 100km zone. The vehicle was stopped and the driver was breath tested, allegedly returning a BAC reading of 0.221.

The man was taken into custody and his licence was suspended.

He is due to appear in the Mareeba Magistrates Court on February 22.

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