Police charge woman after driving almost five times legal limit at Coffs Harbour

A woman has been charged after being caught driving allegedly almost five times the legal limit at Coffs Harbour.

About 8.35pm yesterday (Monday 9 November 2020), police were conducting stationary roadside breath testing on Harbour Drive at Coffs Harbour, when they stopped a white Mercedes station wagon.

The driver – a 44-year-old woman – allegedly returned a positive roadside reading.

She was arrested and taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station for a secondary breath analysis, where she allegedly returned a positive reading of 0.233.

The woman was charged with high-range PCA, and her licence was also suspended on the spot.

She was granted conditional bail to appear at Coffs Harbour Local Court on Monday 30 November 2020.

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