July 6, 2022
Three drivers will face drug-driving charges after police stopped three vehicles within three hours at Wondai on Saturday.
About 3:30pm on July 2, police pulled over a vehicle on Haly Street.
Police will allege the 35-year-old Wondai woman driver tested positive for an illicit drug and the vehicle was unregistered and uninsured.
About an hour later, police stopped a vehicle in Scott Street and tested a 24-year-old Goomeri man.
About 6:40pm, police stopped a vehicle in Mackenzie Street and tested a 52-year-old Wondai woman.
All three drivers are due to appear in Murgon Magistrates Court on August 2.
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Two motorists face hefty fines after allegedly being caught speeding by Murgon police.
About 6:50am on June 28, a 29-year-old Urangan man was issued with $459 fine (four demerit points) after allegedly doing 106km/h in an 80km/h zone on Cherbourg Road, Cherbourg.
At 7:52am on July 1, police allegedly detected a vehicle travelling at 70km/h in the 40km/h zone in Lamb Street, Murgon. A 55-year-old Memerambi woman was issued with a $646 fine (four demerit points).
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Police have also caught six motorists allegedly driving without licences:
- A 58-year-old Charlestown woman on Mackenzie Street, Wondai – $211 fine
- A 29-year-old Urangan man on Cherbourg Road, Cherbourg, allegedly driving while suspended – due to appear in Murgon Magistrates Court on July 19
- A 20-year-old Kinbombi man on the Bunya Highway, Wondai, allegedly driving while demerit point suspended – due to appear in Murgon Magistrates Court on July 19
- A 27-year-old Kingaroy man on Bunya Avenue, Wondai – $211 fine
- A 33-year-old Proston woman on Mackenzie Street, Wondai – $211 fine
- A 40-year-old Wondai man on the Bunya Highway, Ficks Crossing, allegedly driving while demerit point suspended – due to appear in Murgon Magistrates Court on July 19
