A MAN will face court after police allegedly found prohibited drugs in a car they stopped for travelling at 60km/h over the sign-posted speed limit.
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At 4.40pm on Wednesday, police from Mudgee detected a vehicle travelling at 160km/h on the Castlereagh Highway.
This section of road has a sign posted speed limit of 100km/h.
The driver, a 43-year-old Dubbo man, underwent random breath and drug testing.
Inquiries at the scene prompted officers to search the man and his vehicle and police will allege that a quantity of cannabis and methylamphetamines was found.
The oral fluid sample returned a positive indication for the presence of a prohibited drug. He was suspended from driving for 24 hours.
Police will await laboratory testing results from a second sample before determining further legal action in relation to the outcome of the random drug test.
Inquiries at the scene prompted officers to search the man and his vehicle and police will allege that a quantity of cannabis and methylamphetamines was found.
The 43-year-old was arrested and charged with driving at a speed dangerous, exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h, possessing and supplying a prohibited drug.
His driver's license was also suspended.
He was conditionally bailed to appear at Mudgee Local Court in July.
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