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Driver netted by high-tech police

Police have utilised a new BlueNet vehicle to identify and apprehend an unlicensed driver who evaded police through the Doveton and Dandenong areas.
The police vehicle was parked on the side of the Monash in Doveton at 2.08am on 28 July when the BlueNet vehicle detected a vehicle with an unlicensed owner traveling south on the freeway.
Numberplate recognition cameras in the BlueNet police cars are able to scan every moving and stationary vehicle they pass and automatically detect suspect drivers and vehicles.
Police attempted to pull the car over but it did not stop and began weaving dangerously in and out of the other traffic on the freeway.
Police followed the car from Bradey Road to EastLink before turning off their lights and sirens to avoid the other driver causing an accident.
The vehicle took the Warragul Road exit and stopped at traffic lights where police were able to approach the car and remove the keys from the ignition.
A 24-year-old Braybrook man was given a roadside breath test before being taken to the Oakleigh police station where police recorded his blood alcohol level at 0.16.
The Braybrook man was wanted on other traffic related warrants and was charged with driving under the influence, evading police and driving while unlicensed.

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