A NEW South Wales driver had their car impounded in the early hours of Sunday morning after police said they detected their car at 160km/h near Wangaratta.
A Victoria Police spokesperson said the vehicle was intercepted on the Hume Freeway after it was found to be speeding.
Upon further inspection, the spokesperson said the vehicle had two bald tyres and was impounded for 30 days.
The driver will be summonsed to appear at the Wangaratta Magistrates' Court at a later date.
The spokesperson said a quantity of cannabis was also found in the passenger’s possession and they were issued with a caution.
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The incident comes on the last day of a 10-day road safety blitz across the state looking to reduce road trauma over the Easter and ANZAC Day holiday periods.
Within Wangaratta, 11 drug drivers and 105 speeding offences were recorded with the first week of Operation Compass.
There have now been four vehicles impounded in the area throughout the operation, as police targeted hoon driving around the CBD in the early hours of Friday morning.
A car was found doing a series of burnouts mistaken for a fire on Burke Street on Easter Monday and a drink-driver was caught in Cobram on 24 April.
While in Benalla, a driver was caught around 7pm on Good Friday blowing an alleged reading of .260 as they drove through the town’s main street with no headlights on.
