NSW Police have charged 89 people, and 72 drivers returned positive drug tests, during a high-visibility road traffic operation in Sydney, the Illawarra and South Coast.
Operation Fume ran on 6pm Saturday 28 June 2025 until 4am Sunday 29 June 2025, targeting drug and alcohol-driving offences, and general road compliance.
About 1.50am on Sunday 29 June 2025, a car was stopped on Douglas Street, Nowra for the purpose of a random breath test.
The 21-year-old female driver allegedly returned a positive drug test.
Checks allegedly found the driver was a suspended learner driver.
She was taken to Nowra Police Station and charged with drive motor vehicle while license suspended and fail or refuse to comply with prohibition or requirement.
She was granted conditional bail to appear in Nowra Local Court on Tuesday 15 July 2025.
The operation involved Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers conducting mobile and stationary drug and alcohol testing at locations of serious injury or fatal crashes.
