Disqualified drink driver double trouble

Police were left shaking their heads after they picked up a drink driver twice within five hours in Wodonga yesterday morning.

Officers first spotted the driver in a minivan without headlights in Hovell Street on Saturday 24 June about 12.10am.

The driver of the van also ran a red light in nearby High Street before he was intercepted.

The 21-year-old driver, who was disqualified from driving, returned a positive breath test.

A subsequent evidentiary breath test returned a reading of .102.

Later the same morning another Wodonga unit was patrolling when they noticed a black Holden Barina without headlights on Havelock Street about 4.30am.

Officers were surprised when they found the same driver behind the wheel.

The Lavington man returned a positive breath test before furnishing a second evidentiary breath test result of .067.

The man’s vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

It is expected the man will be summonsed in relation to both incidents and will face charges including disqualified driving, drink driving and disobeying a red light.

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