Nine drivers receive immediate licence suspensions for drink driving

Nine Canberra drivers have lost their licences since Friday as police enforce an anywhere, anytime approach to impaired driving.

Between Friday night and Sunday night, eight men and one woman were caught drink driving at locations across Canberra.

• About 6:00pm on Friday (30 May 2025), police stopped a 38-year-old man driving a grey Ford Falcon on Harricks Crescent, Monash. The driver underwent a roadside screening test, returning a positive result. He was transported to Tuggeranong Police Station where he underwent breath analysis, returning a reading of 0.051. He was issued an Immediate Suspension Notice suspending his right to drive in the ACT and a Court Attendance Notice

• About 11:30pm on Friday, police stopped and spoke with 50-year-old man standing next to his vehicle, who advised he was waiting for an Uber. About 11:45pm, the same officers stopped a Subaru liberty on Brisbane Avenue, Barton and identified the driver of the vehicle to be the same man they had just spoken with. The driver underwent roadside screening, returning a positive test. He was transported to City Police Station where he underwent breath analysis, returning a result of 0.119. He was issued an Immediate Suspension Notice suspending his right to drive in the ACT and a Court Attendance Notice

• About 4:15am on Saturday (31 May 2025), police stopped a 21-year-old man driving a Mazda 6 on Ijong Street, Braddon. The driver underwent a roadside screening test, returning a positive test. He was transported to City Police Station where he underwent breath analysis, returning a result of 0.176. He was issued an Immediate Suspension Notice suspending his right to drive in the ACT and a Court Attendance Notice

• About 9:15pm on Saturday, police stopped a 29-year-old woman driving a Haval SUV on Coppins Crossing Road, Whitlam. The driver did not hold a current drivers licence and was subject to a Good Behaviour Order. She underwent a roadside screening test returning a positive result. She was transported to Belconnen Police Station where she underwent breath analysis, returning a result of 0.151. She was arrested and transported to the ACT Regional Watch House where she was charged with multiple offences and is expected to face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Monday, 2 June 2025).

• About 11:30pm on Saturday, police were conducting random breath testing on Parkes Way, Acton when they observed a Holden Commodore stop approximately 200 metres before police and pull over to the side of the road. Police approached the 17-year-old male driver and requested he undergo a roadside screening test, however he failed to comply with police directions. He was arrested and transported to City Station where he underwent breath analysis and eventually provided a sample that was sufficient for analysis, returning a result of 0.145. He was issued with an Immediate Suspension Notice suspending his right to drive in the ACT and will be summonsed to attend Court at a later date.

• About 11.30pm on Saturday, police were conducting random breath testing on Parkes Way, Acton, when they stopped a 41-year-old male driver of a Chrysler SRT. The driver underwent a roadside screening test returning a positive result. He was transported to City Police Station where he underwent breath analysis, returning a result of 0.063. He was issued with an Immediate Suspension Notice and Traffic Infringement Notice, as a first-time offender.

• About 4:05am on Sunday (1 June 2025) police were called to a collision in the Theatre Lane Carpark, in the City. Upon arrival officers observed a Ford Falcon embedded head-on into another vehicle. Both drivers of the vehicles submitted to a roadside screening test, with the male driver of the Ford Falcon returning a positive test. The 22-year-old was transported to City Police Station where he underwent breath analysis, returning a result of 0.080.  He was issued an Immediate Suspension Notice suspending his right to drive in the ACT and a Court Attendance Notice.

• About 5:05am on Sunday, police stopped a 25-year-old man driving a Mazda 2 on Emu Bank, Belconnen. The driver underwent a roadside screening test returning a positive test. He was transported to Belconnen Police Station where he underwent breath analysis, returning a result of 0.083. He was issued an Immediate Suspension Notice suspending his right to drive in the ACT and a Court Attendance Notice.

• About 5:00pm on Sunday, police stopped a 38-year-old man driving an Isuzu truck on Wilkins Street, Mawson. The driver underwent a roadside screening test returning a positive test. He was transported to Woden Police Station where he underwent breath analysis, returning a result of 0.082. He was issued with an Immediate Suspension Notice suspending his right to drive in the ACT and will be summonsed to attend Court at a later date.

Impaired driving is one of the main causes of serious and fatal collisions on ACT roads. People who drink and drive place other road users, their passengers and themselves at significant risk when they get behind the wheel.

All ACT Policing officers will continue to target those drivers who choose to ignore the well-known laws regarding impaired driving - as these nine drivers consider how they will get to work and social events now their licences have been suspended.