A 21-year-old man has immediately lost his licence following an incident in Maribyrnong this morning, Victoria Police say.
Footscray police intercepted his vehicle on Raleigh Road about 1am and the P2 licence holder told police he’d been with friends at a birthday party at a nearby licenced premises.
Four of those friends were in the back seat of his vehicle, with one lying across the other three.
None of the four were wearing seatbelts at the time.
The Ascot Vale man also returned a positive preliminary breath test before recording a reading of 0.173% BAC on an evidentiary breath test.
As a provisionary licence holder, he is required to have a zero blood alcohol content and also exceeded the number of peer passengers he is eligible to carry.
The man immediately had his licence suspended and will be charged on summons with an array of traffic offences.
