Cardinia Highway Patrol officers were left stunned after pulling the last car of the night into the booze bus site in Officer this morning.
The seven-seater 4WD was pulled over on Bridge Road just before 9am.
Police observed one child restrained in a booster seat, two children occupying a single seat unrestrained, another unrestrained in a booster seat and another lying flat on the floor behind the driver’s seat.
The 35-year-old Officer man returned an evidentiary breath test of .171.
He has had his Nissan Patrol Impounded for 30 days at a cost of $895 and immediate loss of licence.
The driver is expected to be charged on summons with offences including reckless conduct endangering serious injury, drink driving, overloading, unrestrained and careless driving.
This impound forms part of Operation Nexus which is a statewide road policing operation targeting impaired driving, speed, distraction, fatigue and seatbelt non-compliance in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria in an effort to drive down road trauma.
Police could be anywhere, anytime this Easter.
Operation Nexus runs until 11.59pm on Monday 1 April.
