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Subscriber only A 17-year-old boy has been fined thousands after he was caught speeding repeatedly on the Far North Coast. Police have said the teen was initially nabbed for travelling at a speed of up to 140km/h in a 110km/h zone on the M1 at Gulmarrad, near Yamba, about 12.20pm on Monday. Far North Coast Traffic and Highway Patrol officers stopped the P1 driver, who was travelling in a red Ford Focus. He was issued with a licence suspension notice and a traffic infringement notice for a P1 driver exceeding the speed by more than 30km/h.
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Subscriber only Dropping a friend at work after a night of drinking has left a Kelsey Creek teenager without a licence. Shakane Anthony Gorden Costello pleaded guilty in Proserpine Magistrates Court on Monday to drink driving while on a provisional licence. Police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Sean Franklin said police received a call about a car driving erratically near Bunnings on December 11 last year. When officers arrived, they found Costello behind the wheel. The 18 year old said he was dropping his friend off at work and admitted to having several drinks the night before.
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