A Mogo driver whose vehicle crashed into a parked car while he was under the influence of alcohol, has been charged, police say.
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Far South Coast police said the 42-year-old entered the Surf Beach shops rear car park where he collided with a parked car and left the scene without exchanging details with the driver just before 6pm on Saturday, February 18.
At about 7pm that evening, police attended a Mogo address where the man was arrested and charged with high-range drink driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and not giving particulars to the driver.
His licence was suspended. He is due to appear in Batemans Bay Local Court on April 3.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, an ACT man has tested positive for cannabis in Nelligen as part of a police operation targeting alcohol and drug-related driving offences at the weekend.
Far South Coast police stopped the 28-year-old Watson man on the Kings Highway for a random breath test just after 4pm on Saturday, February 18.
Police said the driver tested positive to cannabis in a roadside drug test.
He was arrested and taken to Batemans Bay Police Station where he returned a positive reading to cannabis in a secondary test.
The driver returned a negative result for alcohol and was prohibited from driving for 24 hours.
Police are awaiting laboratory results before further action is taken.
