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Posted 12 November, 2026

A 30-year-old Queenstown man faces multiple charges after allegedly blowing a whopping 1106mcg, then throwing his phone into the face of a Police officer at 8.40pm on Friday, 6 November. Constable Amanda Shute says Police were responding to multiple driving complaints about a vehicle travelling at speed and swerving across the median strip towards oncoming Frankton Road traffic.

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