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A 19-year-old man will be charged after allegedly driving under the influence of cocaine on New Year’s Day.
About 8am yesterday morning (Wednesday, 1 January 2025), police conducting random drug and alcohol testing on Fairbairn Avenue in Campbell stopped a Mitsubishi Magna.
The man, who was on a provisional licence, underwent a roadside drug test that returned a positive result for cocaine.
He was taken to City Police Station where a secondary test also returned a positive result to cocaine.
The man was issued with a court attendance notice and is expected to face court at a later date.
From 1 January 2025, police have been able to test for the presence of cocaine in a driver's system. Each roadside drug test is now able to detect cannabis, methamphetamine, MDMA and cocaine.
While penalties for possession of certain illicit drugs have changed and cannabis possession has been decriminalised – it remains an offence to have any of those drugs present in your system while driving.
ACT Policing reminds the community that driving with alcohol or drugs in your system is not worth the risk you pose to yourself and others around you.