Shropshire Star

Telford teen driver caught with cannabis in his system receives lengthy road ban

A teenage driver who was caught behind the wheel of a van with cannabis in his system has been banned from driving for three years.

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Kidderminster Magistrates Court

Danny Loveridge, aged 18, was caught in a Ford Transit Connect in Duffryn, Hollinswood, Telford on December 1 last year.

A drug test found he had 4.6 microgrammes of Delta 9 THC - the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis - per litre of blood. The legal limit, taking into account the possibility of accidental exposure to the illegal, Class B drug, is 2mcg.