A Riverina man has been caught at more than twice the speed limit with his pregnant partner on board, three children in the back seat and then allegedly failed a drug test.
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Police were patrolling Goldfields Way at Old Junee on Friday night when, around 10.30pm, a station wagon was detected at 169km/h in an 80km/h zone.
The vehicle was stopped and after speaking with the 50-year-old man behind the wheel, police conducted a roadside drug test on the driver.
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It returned a positive result, police said, and the man was arrested and taken to the Temora police station for a secondary test. Results are pending.
A child-at-risk report has been made to Family and Community Services due to three children under the age of seven being in the vehicle at the time.
The man's pregnant partner was also in the car.
The Temora man has been banned from driving for six months after police suspended his licence and issued him a $2484 fine and six demerit points over the speeding.
Daisy Huntly
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