Disqualified driver who was 7 times over the limit arrested and refused bail

A man who was allegedly more than seven times over the legal limit had also been banned from driving. Police arrested him in a North Coast shopping centre car park.

OVER THE LIMIT: Officers from Tweed Byron Police District arrested a man, 45, whom they allege was driving seven times over the limit. File Photo: Kevin Farmer

Police have charged a man with high-range drink driving after h was allegedly caught more than seven times the legal limit near Tweed Heads on Sunday.

Tweed/Byron Police District reported that about 3.30pm on Sunday, May 2, a white Holden Commodore was travelling through the car park of a shopping complex on Leisure Drive, Banora Point, near Tweed Heads, when it allegedly collided with a Toyota hatchback.

Nobody was injured in the collision.

Police were called and when they attended a short time later they spoke with the driver of the Holden, a 45-year-old man.

He was subject to a roadside breath test which returned a positive result.

The man was arrested and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station for a breath analysis, which allegedly returned a reading of 0.359.

Police inquiries identified the man was previously the holder of a NSW driver’s licence and was disqualified from driving until 2024 due to high range drink driving offences.

The man was also in possession of a Queensland driver’s licence that police will allege was illegally obtained.

He was charged with drive with high range drink driving, driving a car during a disqualification period and not mentioning his disqualification in a licence application.

The man was refused bail to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court today (Monday May 3).