Perth,
Western Australia
(Old Edition)

Too easy for Cott's cops

Cottesloe police appear to possess a strange magnetic force which means they don't even have to go out on the road to nab law-breakers.

They have been delivering themselves to the front desk of the local police station.

Two young drink drivers arrived separately last Friday morning followed by a "boof-head" who drove himself to the station in an unlicensed car on Monday to pick up some stolen property.

He was known to police and his driving licence was under suspension.

Both the drink drivers were on their 'P' plates.

The first had gone to the station at 8.40am to complain about receiving a move-on notice for being intoxicated and obnoxious the evening before while partying in Claremont's nightclub area.

Officers put two and two together and asked him to blow on the breathalyser. His reading was in excess of 0.02.

The second drink driver arrived at the counter just two hours later to complain about being assaulted the night before.

When asked how he arrived at the station he denied having driven but police watched him get in his vehicle and drive away.

When they put him on the breathalyser he blew in excess of 0.05.

'P' platers are banned from consuming alcohol and driving. Both have been summonsed to appear in court.

The boof-head has been charged with driving an unlicensed vehicle and driving without a licence.

Senior Sergeant Scott Halvorson said drivers should be aware that alcohol could stay in their systems until the next morning.

-Kerry Faulkner


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