OFFICERS from the central regional operations group have charged a 24-year-old Maida Vale man with a multiple drug offences in relation to an incident that occurred in Belmont over the weekend on Saturday, July 20.
About 10.40am police sighted a grey Holden Commodore sedan on the Great Eastern Highway, near Belgravia Street, and attempted to perform a routine traffic stop.
It will be alleged the accused ignored direction to stop and sped away from police, breaching a red traffic control signal before colliding with two stationary vehicles near the Tonkin Highway off ramp.
Fortunately, nobody was injured however both vehicles sustained extensive damage.
The accused was arrested without incident and a search of his vehicle was conducted where it will be alleged officers located various quantities of methylamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, diazepam and oxycontin.
He was charged with driver of a vehicle failed to comply with a direction to stop (circumstance of aggravation), reckless driving to escape pursuit by police, no authority to drive (fines suspension), possess a prohibited drug (methylamphetamine and MDMA), unlawfully possess a controlled prescription drug, and possessed a prohibited drug.
The 24-year-old Maida Vale man appeared before the Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday, July 23 where he was remanded to reappear at the Perth Magistrates Court on August 8.
