Long arms of the law

AN alcohol-affected motor-ist’s attempts to evade police proved unsuccessful after he mistakenly asked an officer for a lift.
Police asked the Narre Warren man for his name after he drove over an embankment when trying to execute a U-turn in Bunyip’s Main Street.
The man wandered off while police were checking his name with licence records, but officers drove after him.
The man asked for a lift when the police car pulled up next to him – and police officers happily complied with the man’s request.
“He eagerly hops into the front passenger seat thinking he had made his getaway, then realised he was sitting next to the same policeman,” Sergeant Ray de Reus said.
Police breath-tested the man who blew over the legal limit.
The 49-year-old man was charged with stating a false name, exceeding the alcohol limit and possession of cannabis.