Drug driving targeted in the Manning-Great Lakes

Laura Polson
Updated October 18 2016 - 11:12am, first published 11:11am
Crackdown: Manning-Great Lakes commander Peter Thurtell wants drivers to know they can be tested for drugs "anywhere, anytime". By 2017, there will be three times the number of Mobile Drug Tests on NSW roads.
Crackdown: Manning-Great Lakes commander Peter Thurtell wants drivers to know they can be tested for drugs "anywhere, anytime". By 2017, there will be three times the number of Mobile Drug Tests on NSW roads.

POLICE will be increasingly cracking down on driving offences in the Manning-Great Lakes, using mobile drug testing (MDT), after finding 20 positive drug readings out of 130 in one weekend. 

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Laura Polson

Laura Polson

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Journalist with the Manning River Times.

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