A man caught drug driving in South Wales was caught out because police had spotted him speeding a court has heard.
Prosecuting, David Thomas said: “An officer’s attention was drawn to the defendant after he was seen to be driving with excessive speed on the A4048.
“He was wearing a baseball cap and police noticed that he smelt strongly of cannabis and appeared to be intoxicated.
“The defendant said he had smoked cannabis that evening.”
A roadside drug swipe tested positive for the class B drug, and a later evidential sample following the 21-year-old’s arrest revealed him to have 2.5mcg cannabis per litre of blood. The legal limit for drug driving, to account for accidental exposure, is 2mcg.
Mitigating, Darren Bishop told Newport Magistrates: “He has no previous convictions and this is quite at the low level in terms of the reading.”
He also added that his client had just started a new job as a machine operator.
After pleading guilty to drug driving, magistrates banned the man from driving for 12 months and imposed a fine of £120. He must also pay £85 costs and a £48 victim surcharge.
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