Police have said that a man has been charged with drink driving after allegedly being found behind the wheel of a cement truck while almost four times the legal limit in Mudgee at the weekend.
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Police were contacted just after 5pm on Saturday following reports that a man - who appeared to be quite affected by alcohol - was driving a cement truck around Mudgee.
Officers from Orana Mid-Western Police District responded and approached the truck as it was being parked by a male driver on Horatio Street.
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The man was subjected to a roadside breath test, which returned a positive result.
He was arrested and taken to Mudgee Police Station, where he allegedly returned a breath analysis reading of 0.196.
The 40-year-old man from Wentworth Point was charged by way of a Future Court Attendance Notice for drive with high range PCA, and his licence was suspended.
He is due to appear at Mudgee Local Court on Wednesday 18 December 2019.
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