5FM's Gareth Cliff was caught driving 182 kilometres an hour - cops

Controversial 5FM radio personality Gareth Cliff was arrested for speeding in Pretoria on Tuesday night, said Gauteng traffic police.

Cliff was caught driving 182 kilometres an hour in a 120km/h zone on the R21 in Lyttelton by the High Speed Unit, said Gauteng traffic police spokeswoman Busaphi Nxumalo.

He was expected to appear in court in Pretoria on Wednesday on charges of speeding and reckless or negligent driving, she said.

Some Twitter users expressed their sympathy for Cliff, but one said: “Just because he’s the best radio host in the country doesn’t mean we just overlook his wrongdoings”. 

Cliff also took to Twitter: “Rumours of my imprisonment are greatly exaggerated,” he tweeted shortly after midnight.

Commenting on radio this morning, Cliff said he only spent 'minutes' in jail after he was caught speeding in Pretoria.

“I spent a couple of minutes behind bars, like a bad ass... but I was glad to be back home.”

He said he was returning home after filming his reality television show Idols in Durban.  

“You know how it is, you just want to get home because you’re exhausted, and before you know it there are blue [police] lights.”