A man who was filmed wandering towards a vehicle in the middle of a Cessnock street was not trying to car jack, he was high on the drug ice, police say.
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Dash cam footage recorded on Saturday night sparked claims that the hooded man depicted wandering on the street at the intersection of Kearsley Road and Lake Road was trying to rob the driver who recorded the video.
The footage was uploaded to the Dash Cam Owners Australia Facebook page and received more than 100,000 views, 1390 likes and 1700 shares within seven hours.
But police said on Sunday that the hooded man was heavily intoxicated from the drug ice and the incident was not an attempted car jacking.
The man was arrested and charged with possession of an illegal drug.
