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A pharmacy owner has faced court for driving at nearly 40kmh above the speed limit.
While roadworks were being completed on the Bruce Highway at Gunalda on June 29, police observed a vehicle travelling at speed through the site, where the limit had been reduced to 40km/h.
Fazel Youshea Tim was stopped by police at the scene about 7.45am.
The court heard Tim was travelling 39km over the speed limit, which had been adjusted because of the roadworks.
He pleaded guilty to one count of speeding when he appeared before Maryborough Magistrates Court this week.
The court heard he lived in Brisbane but had two pharmacies, one at Tiaro and one at Burnett Heads, and regularly drove to the two sites.
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Subscriber only Using cannabis oil to help treat his pain and insomnia led to a Bauple man being busted twice for drug driving. James Daniel Hadley pleaded guilty in Maryborough Magistrates Court to two counts of drug driving. The court heard he was stopped by police on September 15 at Bauple. He tested positive for cannabis and told police he had a medical script for cannabis oil. Inquiries made by police confirmed the information, but Hadley was told he wasn t allowed to drive while using the oil. He was then stopped by police on November 8 on the Bruce Highway where he again tested positive to cannabis.