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Tweed lawn mower rider charged with high range PCA

A 40-year-old man has been charged with drink driving almost five times over the limit after allegedly riding his lawn mower drunk through a residential street.

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A North Coast man allegedly caught drunk driving a motorised lawn mower almost five times over the limit will face court.

Tweed Police stopped the 40-year-old man at the intersection of Shearer Court and Australia Drive, Terranora at about 7.45pm on Saturday.

Police spoke to the rider before subjecting him to a roadside breath test, which allegedly returned a positive result.

The man was arrested and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.

Intersection of Shearer Court and Australia Drive, Terranora, where the man was caught drink driving a lawnmower.
Intersection of Shearer Court and Australia Drive, Terranora, where the man was caught drink driving a lawnmower.

He underwent a secondary breath analysis which returned an alleged reading of 0.243.

He was issued a Future Court Attendance Notice for high-range PCA (second offence), driving with an interlock device not functioning/circumvented, and using unregistered class-A motor vehicle on road.

The man will appear at Tweed Heads Local Court on Monday May 2, 2022.

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