Capsicum spray used to arrest quad bike driver
The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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POLICE were forced to use capsicum spray to arrest a man detected riding a quad bike on the old highway on the weekend.
At about 2am on Saturday, a 26-year-old Urunga man was seen driving an unregistered quad bike without a helmet on Giinagay Way, Urunga.
After a short pursuit police from the Coffs/Clarence Police District stopped the bike but the man fled. He was found a short time later hiding in bushland near a caravan park.
The man had to be subdued with capsicum spray before being arrested and charged with being an unlicensed rider and driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.
He was bailed to appear at the Coffs Harbour Local Court on February 4, 2020.
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