24 Aug 2026 4:48pm
Five drivers were caught driving over the legal limit during a three-day road safety operation in Roxby Downs.
Between Friday 21 August and Sunday 23 August, Roxby Downs police conducted a proactive operation focused on alcohol testing.
The following local drivers were reported for drink driving:
Each of the men was issued with a six-month instant loss of licence and will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date. A Ford sedan and a Nissan Navara involved in the offending were impounded for 28 days.
A 34-year-old local man was also issued with a $1,012 expiation notice for drink driving on Saturday after he returned a positive result of 0.065.
These detections are in addition to a drink driver stopped on Sunday afternoon, as detailed in the earlier media release: SAPOL - Drink driver stopped at Roxby Downs