Driver Fails Drug Test, Passenger’s Wild Escape Ends with Arrest and Major Drug Bust

In a dramatic turn of events during Operation RAID, a 32-year-old man was arrested after fleeing a traffic stop in Ourimbah. The operation, which ran from September 5 to September 8, 2024, aimed at curbing impaired and dangerous driving across NSW. On the evening of September 5, officers from the Brisbane Water Police District Traffic & Highway Patrol Command stopped a Hyundai sedan at a Random Breath Testing site on the Pacific Highway. The 31-year-old female driver failed an oral fluid test and was detained. Meanwhile, her passenger, a 32-year-old man, fled the scene on foot. After a brief foot chase, the...