51 people charged as Operation Auster wraps up in the Southern Region

51 people charged as Operation Auster wraps up in the Southern Region

A six-day road safety blitz targeting the fatal five across the Southern District has wrapped up resulting in 51 people charged with 63 offences. Operation Auster involved Highway Patrol and General Duty police officers saturating highways and rural roads across Ipswich, Darling Downs and South West Districts with high visibly and covert proactive patrols in addition to static road safety enforcement sites conducting random breath and drug testi…