A P-plate driver has been charged with drink-driving after travelling more than 200 kilometres just before he allegedly blew more than three times the legal limit.
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Police were conducting breath tests on the Sturt Highway at Hay on Friday night when they noticed a vehicle at the bowsers of the Shell service station.
They breath-tested the 29-year-old driver, who allegedly returned a positive reading, around 11.20pm.
He was arrested and taken to the Hay police station, where he underwent a breath analysis.
That test returned a high range reading of .17, police said.
The P-plate driver – who is restricted to a zero blood alcohol limit – was charged with high range drink-driving and has had his licence suspended.
Police said the man had driven from Ivanhoe, 210 kilometres north, to Hay before he was arrested at the service station.