A routine police stop has shown the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs, especially if your car is not registered and especially if you have a very strange excuse.
A Victoria Police officer recently stopped an unregistered Toyota Camry in Shepparton while filming the encounter for the popular Channel Nine Show RBT.
The officer said: “I just saw the Toyota Camry driving down a street with no license plate affixed to the vehicle, so I decided to pull it over to see what was going on.”
The officer approached the driver, Mohammad, and asked him if he had been drinking alcohol. Mohammad answered no.
But when the officer requested a drug test, Mohammad admitted to smoking methamphetamine.
The officer responded, “Dude, you’re not allowed to do meth and drive a car.”
It seemed an indisputable fact, but the 33-year-old had other ideas, saying: “But I have permission for Covid research,” and that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison had given him permission.
Ignoring the strange justification, the officer asked him how much methamphetamine he had consumed.
A video of a police stop (pictured) has shown the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs, especially if your car is not registered and especially if you have a very strange excuse.
‘Half, something like that. Half a gram. Yeah, maybe I smoked something like that,’ he replied. “This is medicine for me.”
Not only was his car not registered, but it also did not have a permit. Add methamphetamine to the mix and you were in serious trouble.
To check whether he was sobriety or not, the officer had Mohammad swab his mouth with a medical swab and then tested it.
“The second test shows you have methamphetamine in your system,” the officer said.
At this point, the gravity of the situation seemed to finally get to Mohammad.
‘Methamphetamine. Do I need to go to court? asked.
—You may have to go to court. Yes. Do you understand that? said the policeman.
He nodded and said he understood, as the seriousness of his position began to show on his face.
The officer said: ‘AndThe police have spoken to you several times for not having a registered car and for not having a permit,” something Mohammad agreed with.
The police officer, however, saw the funny side of the encounter and told the camera that “he’s going to have to go to courtand explain to the magistrate that Scott Morrison gave him permission to consume methamphetamines.
Mohammad later told the office that he was “very sorry” for what he had done.
“Well, I’m sorry too, because we’re going to take your car,” the police officer responded. You’ve already received two warnings. Two warnings.
Clinging at straws, a smiling and quite talkative Mohammad asked if he could “please” receive another warning, but was told: “No, I can’t.” I’m sorry’.
‘I can’t either. ‘I’m very sorry,’ he replied.
When driver Mohammad (pictured) was stopped in Shepparton, Victoria, the police officer told him: “Mate, you can’t do meth and drive a car.”
Addressing the camera again, the officer said, “The most important thing is that you will not have a car to drive for the next 30 days.”
“So you’ll have a little time to think about what you’ve done today.”
When Mohammad finally understood what was happening, he talked about the difficulties he was having with his drug addiction.
‘Meth is what I used before. But if you ask me to stop this, I’m trying to fix this more important thing, because it gave me a lot of problems…
‘Sorry, I went crazy. I tell them (methamphetamine) is not good for people. It can damage the brain, you know? It’s not good,’ he said.
the pPolice put Mohammad in touch with treatment and support services.