A man charged with police pursuit and drink driving yesterday after a car chase through Tweed Heads.
Police say that shortly after 4pm on Wednesday (September 25), an officer attached to Northern Region Highway Patrol, detected a commodore driving on Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads, at speed.
The officer activated warning devices and attempted to pull the vehicle over, however the driver accelerated, and a pursuit was engaged.
The driver continued through local streets of Tweed Heads before the commodore crashed into a power pole and communications box on Florence Street.
The driver, a man aged 46, was arrested and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station where he was submitted to a breath analysis.
Police will allege he returned a reading of 0.122 – in the mid-range category of drink driving.
He was charged with police pursuit, mid-range PCA, drive unregistered and uninsured vehicle.
He was refused bail and will appear in Tweed Heads Local Court today.
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