Man charged after being detected at 177km/h

State Operations Support Branch police were conducting speed detection duties on Horrocks Highway, Templers, just before 6pm on Monday 24 August when they detected a Mazda 3 hatch travelling at 177km/h in a 100km/h zone, despite the wet conditions.

The vehicle was stopped and the driver, a 22-year-old Kilburn man, was arrested.

He was charged with driving at a dangerous speed and other speed related offences.

The man was issued with a 12-month instant loss of licence and bailed to appear in the Tanunda Magistrates Court on 20 October.

The Mazda will be impounded by police for 28 days.