Level crossing worker busted with drugs, unlicensed, unregistered
A SEAFORD man working on the level crossing program may have to use trains to get to work after he was busted driving an unregistered car with a suspended licence and drugs in the console.
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DRIVING an unregistered car with a suspended licence — while having drugs in your car — is a red flag to the boys in blue.
And now a Seaford civil contractor, who is working on the level crossing program, may have to use trains to get to work.
On Valentine’s Day Steven Wright was caught in an unregistered car, with a suspended licence, while having GHB stashed in the console.
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The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to the three offences at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
The court heard police saw him on Beach St on Frankston at 12.50am on February 14.
They pulled him over and discovered he had had his licence taken for three months on January 4 — for drug driving.
They searched his car and found a vial of GHB in his console.
He told officers it wasn’t drugs, it was “sugar and water”.
He said he knew he was suspended, but had bought the car just six months ago and there were problems with the VicRoads transfer fee.
The car was impounded.
In court his defence lawyer said Wright had already paid more than $1500 to get the car back from the impound yard and needed his licence for work.
But magistrate Rodney Crisp said this was his third drug violation, as he also has priors for trafficking and drug-driving.
He said the community needed to be protected from people who used drugs.
“(Having a) bottle of GHB in your car is a concern,” he told Wright.
“It adds up to a hazard for other road users.”
He was fined a total of $2000 and had his licence disqualified for 12 months.
He must also submit to a DNA sample being taken.
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