A man has lost his license and has a hefty amount of fines to pay after allegedly speeding past a police station before blowing more than twice the limit in Greensborough yesterday.
General duties officers were pulling into Greensborough Police Station when they observed a Toyota RAV4 travelling at a fast rate of speed down Grimshaw Street about 7am.
Officers caught up with the vehicle, detecting it at an alleged speed of 115km/h in the 60km/h zone.
The vehicle was intercepted and police spoke to the driver, a 26-year-old Bundoora man, who returned a positive breath test.
He was escorted back to a police station where he returned an alleged reading of .117.
The man had his licensed suspended for a period of 11 months and was issued penalty notices for exceeding the speed limit and driving in excess of the prescribed concentration of alcohol, valued at a total of $1,935.
His vehicle was impounded for a period of 30 days at a cost of $999.52.
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