Two men will be off the roads for a year after being caught drink-driving within minutes of each other in Coober Pedy early this morning.

At 12.20am today (Friday, 10 October), police conducting mobile driver testing on Grey Street stopped a silver Ford sedan.
The driver, a 33-year-old Oodnadatta man, returned a positive blood-alcohol reading of 0.202. Further checks revealed he held a provisional licence.

He was reported for drink-driving and breaching a licence condition, and issued an immediate 12-month loss of licence notice.

Just ten minutes later, at 12.30am, police stopped a silver Subaru station wagon on Hutchinson Street.
The driver, a 35-year-old Mimili man, also returned a positive reading — 0.261 — more than five times the legal limit.

He was reported for drink-driving and also received an immediate 12-month licence disqualification.

Both men will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.