A GPS jamming device and a modified speedometer that would prevent a prime mover from recording the kilometres it travelled was uncovered during a joint compliance operation conducted at Mount White today (Friday 3 May 2019).
As a part of ongoing inquiries by officers from the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command Traffic Task Force and heavy vehicle inspectors from the Roads and Maritime Services inspected nine heavy vehicles at the weighbridge.
A prime mover being driven by a 54-year-old Campbelltown man, was found to have a modified speedometer which would have stopped the vehicle’s odometer from working.
The 54-year-old was subject to random testing.
The oral fluid sample returned a positive indication for the presence of a prohibited drug. He was suspended from driving for 24 hours.
Police will await laboratory testing results from a second sample before determining further legal action.
Inquiries into the Somersby based company by the Traffic Task Force and Roads and Maritime Services inspectors are continuing.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence.
