A 53 year old man has been charged and will appear in court later this year after allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding along Appin Road by more than 50 km/h last Friday morning.
He has been charged with high range drink driving and speeding and summoned to appear in court in May.
Police say that about 11am on Friday, March 27, officers attached to Wollongong Highway Patrol were travelling on Appin Road, near Sherrif Road, Appin, when they allegedly detected a car travelling at 134km/h in an 80 km/h signposted zone.
Officers stopped the vehicle and subjected the driver – a 53-year-old man – to a roadside breath test which allegedly returned a positive result.
He was arrested and taken to Corrimal Police Station, where a breath analysis returned a reading of 0.214.
The man was charged with Class A motor vehicle exceed speed more than 45 km/h, and drive with high range PCA.
His licence was also suspended and he will appear in Wollongong Local Court on May 5.
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In a separate incident, detectives from the Criminal Groups Squad have charged another man for his alleged role in an attack on a Casula home last year, where more than 50 rounds were fired from a semi-automatic weapon.
The 25-year-old man was arrested in Bradbury, and he was taken to Campbelltown Police Station where he was charged with participating in a criminal activity.
He was refused bail to appear at Campbelltown Local Court.
Detectives will allege in court the man was the driver of the second vehicle.
Two other men aged 19 and 20 have already been charged and remain before the courts.