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Police surprised by stowaway passenger

It was an expensive lesson for a Narre Warren P-Plater last night, who had his car impounded after a passenger was found in the boot during a routine intercept in McCrae.

Somerville Highway Patrol officers set up a breath test site on the Mornington Peninsula Freeway McCrae off-ramp when a Subaru Impreza hatch with red p-plates and four passengers drove through about 5.50pm.

Officers spoke to the driver who was the holder of a P1 licence who can only have a one passenger in the car.

Police made further checks and opened the boot, finding a fifth passenger curled up in the cargo area under the privacy shade.

The driver, an 18-year-old Narre Warren man, had his car immediately impounded for 30 days at a cost of $1200.

He is expected to be charged on summons with driving with a passenger in part of the vehicle designed primarily for the carriage of goods, drive without rear p-plate and P1 Probationary driver drive with more than one peer passenger.

His stowaway passenger was also fined $370.

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