Police have seized marijuana and ice after a driver disqualified until 2031 tried to avoid arrest by running into a home.
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Highway patrol members spotted a black Ford Falcon near Boomerang Drive in Lavington on Monday night.
The driver, 30, tried to avoid officers by speeding away but police pulled over the car about 6.45pm.
The man ran from the scene as police conducted a drug test and was caught in a nearby house.
He resisted officers as they tried to arrest him.
They found marijuana and ice on the man and the drug test was positive to meth.
Officers are awaiting further results, but the 30-year-old is facing charges of disqualified driving, resisting arrest and drug possession.
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The incident occurred on the fifth day of an operation for the Christmas and New Year period, which ends on Sunday.
In earlier incidents, a 24-year-old man was caught drug driving twice in the same day.
Police had been conducting tests on Melville Street in Culcairn on Sunday.
The man returned a positive result to cannabis and was banned from driving for 24 hours.
Despite the ban, the 24-year-old was caught a short time later on the Olympic Highway at Gerogery and again tested positive.
A woman, 47, also lost her licence on Sunday afternoon after trying to avoid a breath testing site on Albury Street in Holbrook.
She was intercepted on Nyhan Street about 7.20pm and returned an alcohol reading of 0.174.
A 58-year-old man was also banned from driving after being caught at 152km/h in a 100km/h zone in Urana on Boxing Day.
Police are targeting drink, drug, dangerous and distracted driving in the traffic operation.
