Driver fined for alleged phone use tests positive for methamphetamine, police say

An Adelaide driver who allegedly tested positive for methamphetamine told officers he was using his mobile phone while at the wheel so he could take photos of an “elephant-shaped cloud”, police have said.

A police patrol pulled over the man from Adelaide’s north-eastern suburbs after he was spotted in the city’s CBD about 10:45am.

Police said the officer was “surprised to see a driver in the car next to him pull out his mobile phone” at the intersection of Flinders Street and Pulteney Street. 

The officer pulled the car over and spoke to the driver,…