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Speeding motorcyclist charged

Police have charged a 26-year-old Langwarrin man with a string of offence after he was detected travelling at more than double the speed limit in Hampton Park on Saturday 2 September.

Police detected the 2015 KTM 1290 travelling at 232km/h on a 100km/h section of the South Gippsland Freeway just after midnight.

The motorcycle exited the freeway and was seen entering a service station on Northey Road, Lynbrook.

Officers seized the opportunity to safely arrest the rider and charged him with engaging in reckless conduct endangering life, engaging in reckless conduct endangering serious injury, driving at a dangerous speed and other traffic offences.

The rider was bailed to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 7 February 2024.

Officers seized the motorcycle and will retain it until the matter is decided by the courts.

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