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Hume Highway International drivers clocked speeding face music

A 33-year-old man clocked exceeding the speed limit by more than 100km/h on the Hume Highway is on the run.

Police allege Umar Farouk Ben Anas was travelling in a grey Holden Commodore at 215km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Hume Highway at Tumbalong about 7.30am on October 13.

Anas, whose international licence was suspended in NSW that day, failed to front Gundagai Local Court on December 1, pleading guilty in writing.

Magistrate Beattie deemed the offence too serious and put a warrant out for his arrest on a first offence charge of driving recklessly, furiously or at speed.

Beattie dropped a second back-up charge of exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h.

The United Kingdom man had a Victorian address listed while in Australia.

The warrant remains out for his arrest.

A second UK man was also clocked exceeding the speed limit by more than 100km within two weeks of Anas’s offence.

Benjamin Peter Debidaph, 29, was allegedly clocked travelling south on the Hume Highway at 216km/h in a 110km/h zone near Mundarlo about 1pm on October 25.

Debidaph, who had a West Australian address, had his international licence suspended on the spot.

Magistrate Beattie dropped the back-up charge of exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h in Gundagai Local Court on December 1 and had the first charge of driving recklessly, furiously or at speed transferred.

Debidaph was fined $2000, his licence disqualified for 12 months and sentenced to a 12-month good behaviour bond by Magistrate Wahlquist in The Downing Centre Local Court on January 6.