In Preston Pushing Limit

Northcote Police nabbed a driver allegedly four times the legal limit on Saturday night.

Officers on patrol caught site of a Toyota Corolla allegedly driving erratically in the vicinity of Albert Street in Preston.

It is alleged the Toyota was seen driving carelessly across divided lines.

Police pulled over the vehicle on Cynga Street.

With assistance from Greensborough Highway Patrol, the driver allegedly provided an evidentiary breath test reading of .200, four times the legal limit.

The alleged driver, a 42-year-old Mickleham, was immediately banned from driving and the Toyota was impounded.

He will be summoned to court, facing charges of driving whilst above the prescribed concentration of alcohol in addition to a number of other traffic offences.

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