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A novice driver has the lost the use of a $460,000 supercar after Mounties caught him speeding along the Sea to Sky Highway.

North Vancouver RCMP traffic services impounded a 2018 McLaren 720S after officers clocked the car travelling at 151 km/h in an 80-km/h zone near Porteau Cove on Saturday.

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The RCMP say the vehicle, which has a top speed of 341 km/h, is valued at about $460,000.

The person behind the wheel was a man in his early 20s who was still classified as a novice driver under B.C.’s graduated licensing program.

He was handed a $468 ticket and given three driver penalty points for excessive speeding along with a $368 fine and four more points for using an electronic device while driving.

The RCMP say the car, which had a green N sticker on display, had previously been impounded for excessive speeding.

B.C. RCMP traffic-services spokesman Cpl. Mike Halskov says the driver, whose name wasn’t released, could face further fines levied by ICBC as well as a hike in his insurance rate, which already sits at $15,000 per year.

Halskov says police impounded four other vehicles Saturday, including a motorcycle that was stopped for going 135 km/h in an 80-km/h zone.