Police from the Wodonga Highway Patrol had conducted 15 roadside drug tests up until yesterday morning, with seven testing positive.

Five drivers returned positive results from 33 drug tests conducted by police in the Wangaratta region during the same period.

Victorian police had issued 383 infringement notices in the North East until yesterday morning for offences including speeding.

Two overseas tourists were caught at 163km/h travelling north near Wodonga on the Hume Highway on Saturday night, while another motorist was caught travelling at 148km/h a few hours earlier.

Sergeant Cameron Roberts said he was not surprised by the drug test results, with police targeting the problem.

“The Wodonga strike rate is about 50 per cent over Easter,” he said.

“It highlights that illicit drug use is out there and people are choosing to get behind the wheel.

“We need to get people thinking differently.

“Drug-driving is becoming more like drink-driving in that you can be tested anywhere at any time.”

Across the border Sergeant Matt Zemaitis said 6371 breath tests were conducted in the Albury region until midnight Sunday.

“Six people were caught drink-driving,” he said.

That included a man, 33, who recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.211 in Wantigong Street on Sunday.

Sergeant Zemaitis said 83 people were nabbed for speeding, including a man, 27, clocked at 170km/h on the Hume Freeway at Holbrook on Saturday.

Two people were caught not wearing seatbelts, while 103 other offences, such as using a mobile phone and not displaying P-plates, were also detected.

Five people had a lucky escape after a utility rollover on the Hume Freeway north of Albury on Friday morning.

The group had been travelling from Sydney to Melbourne when the driver veered off the road and rolled the car several times.

None received life-threatening injuries.