By Chris Thomson | posted on May 11, 2018
A KOJONUP worker has had his car seized and received a second date with a Katanning magistrate after allegedly driving to Kojonup police station on Tuesday to check an initial court date after he was charged with drink driving and served with a disqualification notice.
New officer in charge at Kojonup cop shop Rik Lok told The Weekender that, like him, the man was new to town but working in Kojonup.
Sgt Lok said the man allegedly parked across the road from the police station behind some buildings.
Asked how the man was nabbed, Sgt Lok said “our public is very helpful”.
He advised anyone else thinking of driving while disqualified to think again.
“It gets expensive, because you lose your car,” he said.
“It gets seized, so he’s lost his car for a period of time.
“It’s gonna cost him money and all those flow-on things for a moment of stupidity.”
On Monday, Sgt Lok took over from Sgt Phil Cartledge, who is the new officer in charge of Rottnest Island.
Sgt Lok has come across from Augusta.
“I’ve looked for the ocean around Kojonup but I can’t find it,” he quipped.
