An unlicenced driver has been detected driving his vehicle three times within an hour by Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers.
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About 11.15am on Monday, a 38-year-old Wellington man was detected driving a red Hyundai Elantra sedan westbound on the M4 at Erskine Park.
Police issued the driver with an infringement notice for driving with an expired licence and he was informed he could not drive until he renewed his licence.
The man was detected a second time, driving the same vehicle westbound on the Great Western Highway at Lapstone about 11.40am, where he was again stopped by police.
He was issued with two more infringement notices regarding his expired licence as well as a speeding offence.
Shortly after midday, the driver was detected a third time, heading west on the Great Western Highway at Blaxland, where he was arrested and taken back to Springwood Police Station.
He was later charged with driving with an expired licence and disobey police direction (two counts), before being granted conditional bail to appear before Katoomba Local Court on Monday, April 20.
The Commander of the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley, said unlicensed drivers posed a huge risk to themselves and other road users.
"If you don't have a valid licence, you cannot drive," Assistant Commissioner Hartley said.
"Driving unlicensed is not only illegal, it is incredibly dangerous.
"We are committed to tracking down and charging anyone who thinks they can flout the road-rules, and encourage members of the community to contact Crime Stoppers if they know or suspect someone is driving without a licence."
Police are warning people to lock valuables and keep doors locked. There's another spike of unruly incidents in the town and more than eight homes have been broken into recently.
The break ins have occurred in Clive, Jean, Short, Maxwell, Swift and Parkes Streets and police are making thorough investigations into the incidents.
Its understood they have key suspects in relation to some of the break ins.
Wellington police are also searching for a person who left the scene of an accident on the Renshaw McGirr Way on Saturday and also arrested a man after a police pursuit through the streets of Wellington.
The man who was on an arrest warrant was pursued through Zouch, Maughan, Simpson and Arthur streets before jumping out of the vehicle.
He was run down by officers and was charged with traffic violations, escaping police, driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.
