Police nab more than 100 drivers in five-hour blitz using new numberplate recognition technology A DRUG-fuelled learner driver caught behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle and a motorcyclist cruising in a bicycle lane are among more than 100 road users nabbed during a five-hour police blitz in Melbourne's southwest. Two road users were also found driving after having their licences cancelled, five failed to even hold a licence and nine had suspended licences. Police also detected 22 unregistered vehicles as part of the operation. State Highway Patrol members used new automatic numberplate recognition technology to check more than 5000 cars as they drove past their post on Point Cook Rd in Seabrook between 1pm and 5pm on Wednesday. Police revealed the details of the road policing exercise on the same day it unveiled its latest weapon to crackdown on road users flouting the law - four new police vehicles boasting numberplate recognition cameras. Each police car will have cameras mounted on the front, back and roof. The vehicles will be based at Frankston, Shepparton, Geelong and Brimbank. Top traffic cop Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill said the new police cars are a quick and effective way to catch drivers doing the wrong thing. "Rather than waiting for the vehicles to come to you, we can deploy to our hotpots utilising the mobilised equipment and we can move it around," he said. A member utilising the mobilised technology can read, in a six or seven hour period, about 5,000 plates. Police have warned they will saturate roads over the Melbourne Cup carnival.