Shropshire Star

Telford teen motorist who drove Audi after taking cannabis is banned from the road

A teenage motorist who was caught with cannabis in his system has been banned from driving.

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Ashley Smith, aged 19, drove an Audi A3 in The Ridings, Woodside, Telford on July 3 this year.

A drug test found he had 3.7 micrograms of Delta 9 THC - the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis - per litre of blood. The legal limit, accounting for the possibility of accidental exposure, is 2mcg.