A man has had his car confiscated, been fined more than $2300 and had his license suspended after he was allegedly detected travelling at 200km/h near Gundagai this afternoon.

Just after 5pm (Tuesday 9 August 2016), officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command were conducting speed enforcement duties on the Hume Highway at Mundarlo, near south Gundagai, when they observed a white BMW travelling at an alleged 200km/h in a 110km/h marked zone.

The vehicle was stopped near the Snowy Mountains Highway intersection and police spoke to the male driver, who was the only occupant.

The 42-year-old man was issued an infringement notice for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h, which carries a $2350 fine.

The man’s BMW was towed from the scene and will remain confiscated by police for three months. His driver’s licence was suspended for six months.

Traffic & Highway Patrol Commander, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley, said excessive speeding and other dangerous behaviour on our roads would not be tolerated.

“We are working hard to educate people on road safety through campaigns like ‘Toward Zero’, which is about lowering the road toll, but we also need to continue to target bad driver behaviour,” Assistant Commissioner Hartley said.

“Our ongoing road enforcement activities across the state aim to ensure those people who are putting put their own lives and the lives of others at risk on our roads by doing the wrong thing are targeted and detected.”

A week into the ‘Dob in a Dealer’ campaign in Wagga Wagga Local Area Command (LAC), police and Crime Stoppers are urging residents to show their support in stamping out the spread of illicit drugs.

The Commonwealth-funded campaign is currently taking place within States and Territories across Australia.

In NSW, the campaign is being held in 21 metropolitan and regional LACs over a six-month period between March and September 2016.

It will run in each LAC for two weeks, during which local residents will be urged to help police shut down drug-manufacturing syndicates and arrest drug suppliers by reporting relevant information to Crime Stoppers.

Since the launch of the Wagga Wagga LAC campaign last Monday (1 August 2016), local officers have been out in the community distributing information and educating the public on how they can support the campaign.

Wagga Wagga Local Area Commander, Superintendent Bob Noble, urged the community to get behind ‘Dob in a Dealer’ as the campaign continues this week.

“If you’re out and about in the community this week and you come across our officers distributing flyers, please stop and have a chat with them and find out how you can show your support for this important campaign,” Supt Noble said.

“This fortnight is about targeting the manufacturers and suppliers of ‘ice.’ We want to stop the spread of prohibited drugs at the source, before they begin circulating within our neighbourhoods.

“Each time we seize kilos of ‘ice’ during drug operations, we prevent thousands of deals from reaching the streets,” Supt Noble said.

“I therefore urge everyone in the community to familiarise themselves with the seven signs of a drug house. These include strange odours, diverted electricity, chemical containers and waste, blacked-out windows, hoses and pipes in strange places, extremely bright indoor lighting and vehicles arriving at odd hours.

“If any homes in your neighbourhood raise suspicions, please come forward. Your call could be the key to shutting down a drug house in our community.

“It’s also important to remember that while this drug is devastating – there is help available for those affected by it. Your call could also bring a new beginning for that person.”

Crime Stoppers NSW CEO, Peter Price, said drugs can have devastating consequences for the whole community, and putting a stop to the flow of drugs requires a whole-of-community response.

“Local residents often hold the key to information that can help reduce crime, and we are asking people who live within Wagga Wagga LAC to play an active role and report those people that are bringing harmful drugs into the area,” Mr Price said.

“If you have already reported something to Crime Stoppers, we thank you; if you have not and know something, we ask that you let us know immediately.

“By making that one anonymous phone call or online report, you could save not only your community from drugs, but also someone’s life,” Mr Price said.

Please find below a schedule of the local area commands involved in the campaign, including their proposed start dates. This schedule is subject to change. To confirm dates and discuss proposed media activities in each command, please contact NSW Police Media Officer Brooke Eggleton via the NSW Police Media Unit on (02) 8263 6100.

A P-PLATE driver who led police on a high-speed pursuit near Gunning, reaching speeds of up to 220 km/h, has been sentenced him to 16 months in prison.

Police told the court the man was caught driving again within 12 hours of being granted police bail following the pursuit, on June 17.

Jonathan James Oberthur, 38, of Fisher St, Oak Flats, pleaded guilty to police pursuit not stop, driving dangerously, driving a motor vehicle while his driver’s licence was suspended and operating a motor vehicle while its number plate was confiscated, when he appeared by audio-visual link into Goulburn Local Court on Wednesday.

Police facts tendered in court said at 12.49am on June 17 the Highway Patrol were conducting speed enforcement duties on the Hume Highway near Gunning, when they observed a black Holden Commodore travelling south well above the posted speed limit of 110 km/h. Police Lidar clocked the vehicle travelling at 175 km/h.

Police entered the roadway and attempted to catch up to the vehicle, which they said was then travelling in excess of 220 km/h. A pursuit was initiated.

Police caught up with the vehicle near Oolong Rd, Gunning, where it took a u-turn and travelled in a northerly direction at speeds in excess of 170 km/h.

After a further chase, the car pulled over to the left and Oberthur got out and stood behind the vehicle. Police handcuffed him and placed him under arrest.

Oberthur produced a provisional driver’s licence. Police checks revealed it had been suspended from February 10 until August 9, 2016 for a speeding offence from July 16, 2015.

He was arrested and police granted him bail, with conditions including that he was not allowed to operate a motor vehicle. The registration plates were also seized from the car.

Then, at 11.20am on the same day (June 17), police were advised that the vehicle was no longer at the location where it had been stopped.

At 11.30am, Oberthur was again spotted driving the Commodore on the Hume Highway near Yarra. Police activated a siren and observed Oberthur’s vehicle pull over into the breakdown lane.

Police said Oberthur exited the car. When asked why he had removed the car he explained : “I just bought the car for $6000. I can’t afford a tow truck and I didn’t want to leave it on the side of the road.”

They arrested him again and placed him in custody.

In court on Wednesday, Oberthur’s solicitor said his client had a “brain explosion” in relation to the offences.

“He went back to get his car because he thought it was his only option,” the solicitor said.

“Being in jail has scared the hell out of him.”

Magistrate Carolyn Huntsman said they were “most serious offences.”

“While on bail you returned to move your car. You walked for four hours out to the highway to get your car as you were not prepared to leave it there,” she said.

“It was foolish and showed disregard for your conditional liberty on bail.”

She sentenced him to 16 months in prisonment with a non-parole period of 12 months. She also disqualified him from driving for three years.

Police have caught a woman who was allegedly driving on the Hume Freeway at 150 km/h with her two-year-old daughter in the back seat.

She is on a probationary licence and her two-year-old child was in the car at the time.

Police also pulled over a second car driven by the woman’s 23-year-old partner.

Both cars are allegedly unregistered and the male driver is alleged to have driven while his licence is suspended.

Police say one of the cars was missing wheel nuts on all four of its wheels.

The woman had her car impounded and was charged with exceeding the speed limit.

Her partner, meanwhile, was charged with exceeding the speed limit, driving while suspended and driving under the influence of an illicit substance.

The female driver is due to appear at the Wangaratta Magistrates Court in September.

The male driver’s court date is yet to be determined because police are awaiting toxicology results.