Driver arrested after allegedly speeding through SA border checkpoint with blackened-out number plates
ABCA South Australian man has been arrested after allegedly breaching COVID-19 directions by entering the state in a vehicle with blackened-out number plates and travelling on the wrong side of the road. Key points: The man allegedly drove on the wrong side of the Barrier Highway The vehicle was later found abandoned in bushes The man returned a positive result for methamphetamine, police said About 7:15pm on Friday, police at the Oodla Wirra border checkpoint, in the state's Mid North, spotted the blue Toyota sedan travelling at speed on the wrong side of the Barrier Highway. Police said the driver did not stop at the checkpoint and officers later found the vehicle abandoned in bushes off a dirt road. Police said the man was a non-essential traveller who had returned to SA from New South Wales and was required to quarantine at Elizabeth Park accommodation.
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