A traffic officer from Louis Trichardt, South Africa, was arrested after he drove at more than twice the speed limit in his personal Mercedes-Benz over the weekend.

Joe Munyai was nabbed near Bandelierkop on the N1 on July 3 by two provincial traffic officials, who had a new mobile recorder in their patrol car, after he allegedly clocked 274km/h in his Mercedes-Benz C200 Kompressor.