David Lam: Sentenced for drug driving at Canley Heights

A man from Sydney’s southwest has been busted driving under the influence of methamphetamine has avoided a conviction. However, he wasn’t so lucky after speaking to police outside a well-known drug den.

David Lam outside Liverpool Local Court.

A known-drug user in Sydney’s southwest has been busted driving under the influence of methamphetamine has avoided a conviction.

David Lam, 44, was driving a Toyota Landcruiser along Burdett St, Canley Heights on November 17 when he was stopped by police officers for a random test.

Police facts tendered to court state Lam recorded a negative reading, but when he was submitted to an oral fluid test he recorded a positive reading for methamphetamine .

“Checks conducted on Lam in addition to his behaviour and admission of being a regular heroin user provided police with grounds to submit his vehicle to a search,” police facts state.

The 44-year-old was taken to Fairfield police station where he submitted a secondary oral fluid test which also recorded positive for methamphetamine.

He was sentenced to a 18-month conditional release order without conviction.

For a seperate incident on March 11, Lam was convicted of drug possession after he was noticed by police officers standing outside a Cabramatta unit complex well known for drug supply.

While talking to police, Lam was holding a vacuum cleaner box with a clear plastic bag containing a single bud of cannabis, weighing 1.02g, wrapped in gladwrap.

He was convicted and fined $500.