- Drivers suffering the midnight munchies have been busted en masse in a cunning police operation designed to catch hungry drug and booze-impaired drivers.
Operation McBusted nabbed 95 ravenous drivers in the Elsternwick area as they left 24-hour fast food outlets and on nearby back streets last weekend, including 23 over the legal blood alcohol limit and a further five drivers tested positive for drugs.
State Highway Patrol Inspector David Griffin said the results were appalling and should send a strong message to motorists who thought they could avoid police by travelling home on back roads after a night out.
Operation McBusted, which ran alongside booze buses operating in the area, also detected four disqualified/unlicensed drivers, five unregistered vehicles, 12 mobile phone offences, 17 defective vehicles and 29 other traffic offences.
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