Woods Point man arrested after firing gun during an argument

Police have arrested a Woods Point man who allegedly fired a gun during an argument with a neighbour on Thursday night.

Officers went out to a Jervois Road property at 11.40pm after a gunshot was reported.

They arrested a 70-year-old man and charged him with making unlawful threats, discharging a firearm and failing to store ammunition correctly.

However, they said the man never pointed a gun directly at anyone, and that there was no threat to the wider public.

The man spent the night in a police cell before being granted bail at a hearing at Murray Bridge Magistrates Court on Friday.

He will return to court to face the charges at a later date.

Police seized any guns and ammunition they found at the man’s property.

Drunk driver caught on Swanport Road

Meanwhile, police have arrested a Murray Bridge man for allegedly driving while more than four times over the legal blood alcohol limit.

A patrol pulled over the 32-year-old’s Mitsubishi Lancer on Swanport Road just before 12.30am on Monday.

A breath test of the drive allegedly returned a reading of 0.207.

The officers disqualified him from driving for 12 months on the spot, impounded his car for 28 days and reported him for drink driving.

Local police also reported two other alleged drink drivers over the weekend:

• A 27-year-old Mount Barker man, who allegedly blew 0.061 after being pulled over on the Old Princes Highway at Callington on Friday
• A 42-year-old Murray Bridge man, who allegedly blew 0.169 after being pulled over on Swanport Road on Saturday

The Mount Barker man was also alleged to have been travelling at 133 kilometres per hour in the 100 zone.

All three drivers will face Murray Bridge Magistrates Court in future.

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