FOUR motorists in Leeton shire were found to be driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol over the weekend.
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Police were again out in force over the weekend to conduct both random breath tests and drug testing of motorists.
All drivers allegedly found driving under the influence of drugs were female.
About 9.25pm on Friday, police stopped a vehicle on Wilga Street for the purpose of random testing.
The driver, a 26 year old female, underwent a roadside breath test which returned a negative result.
She then underwent a roadside oral fluid drug test that returned a positive result. As a result, she was arrested and taken to Narrandera police station where she underwent a secondary oral fluid drug test that tested positive for methamphetamine.
The woman was issued with a 24-hour driving prohibition and the sample from the secondary oral fluid drug test was sent for further analysis.
Twelve hours later, a vehicle was stopped on Wamoon Avenue in Leeton at a stationary RBT site.
The driver, a 47-year-old female, underwent a roadside breath test which returned a positive result.
She was arrested and taken to Leeton police station where she underwent a breath analysis that returned a reading of 0.077.
The driver was issued with an infringement notice for driving with a low range PCA.
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Another vehicle stopped at the same RBT set up on Wamoon Avenue had a 32-year-old female undergo a breath test, which returned a negative result, but a roadside oral drug test did return a positive result.
She was arrested and taken to Narrandera police station where she underwent a secondary oral fluid drug test that tested positive for cannabis and methamphetamine.
The woman was issued with a 24-hour driving prohibition and the sample from the secondary oral fluid drug test was sent for further analysis.
Later that day another female driver, this time aged 23, was stopped in Pine Avenue for random testing where a breath test came back clear, but a oral fluid drug test was found to be positive.
After being arrested and taken to Narrandera police station, a secondary test was conducted showing the driver had methylamphetamine in her system.
She too was issued with a 24-hour driving prohibition. The sample from the secondary oral fluid drug test was sent for further analysis.