Police have arrested a man after a car crashed into a bollard in Patterson Lakes this morning.
As part of Operation Trinity, officers were on patrol along Gladesville Road when they responded to a car suspiciously loitering about 12.20am.
Officers approached the vehicle and located a man fast asleep at the wheel of the blue Toyota Prado.
As the officers began to speak to the man, he suddenly drove off before coming to a stop approximately 500m up the road.
Officers approached the Prado a second time and found the man had once again fallen asleep at the wheel.
He woke up for a second time and when he was directed to exit the vehicle, allegedly attempted to flee.
He was unsuccessful and was arrested at the scene.
The vehicle was searched, with police locating and seizing an amount of drugs and approximately $10,000 from inside.
The man allegedly refused to undergo a preliminary drug test at the scene and was taken to be interviewed.
Allegedly, the Prado stolen from Highett on 23 July and was bearing false plates at the time of the 30-year-old Frankston man’s arrest.
He has since been charged with:
- unlicenced driving
- careless driving
- theft of motor vehicle
- drive vehicle with false plates
- possess methylamphetamine
- traffick methylamphetamine
- possess 1,4 butanediol
- deal with proceeds of crime
- refuse to undergo drug impairment assessment.
The man was remanded to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today.