Charges in local court

Updated October 17 2016 - 5:07pm, first published 1:45pm
Charges in local court
Charges in local court

Matthew William Reed, 51, of Murrumbateman, came before court on Thursday, September 15, charged with driving with an illicit drug present in his blood. About 9.20am on Wednesday, May 11, a prime mover towing two trailers driven by Reed was stopped by police on the Barton Highway near Spring Range for the purpose of a random breath and drug test. His breath test was negative but an oral fluid test produced a positive detection to Cannabis. Reed provided a sample of oral fluid, part of which tested positive on the Drager Drug Test. The other part was sent away for analysis. It returned a result positive to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. In relation to taking drugs, Reed said he “had some a couple of weeks ago”. Magistrate Carolyn Huntsman fined him $400 and disqualified him from driving for three months.

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