Telford motorist took cocaine and cannabis before driving high-powered Mercedes
A Mercedes driver who took cocaine and cannabis before being caught behind the wheel has been banned from driving for more than two years.
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Bradley Freeman, of Peters Close, Dawley, Telford, was driving a Mercedes C Class at Kimnel Bay, Conwy, North Wales on April 17 this year.
Drug tests were carried out and it was found the 23-year-old had 400 microgrammes of benzoylecgonine - a by-product of cocaine- per litre of blood. The legal limit, taking into account the possibility of accidental exposure to the substance, is 50mcg.
It was also discovered that Freeman had 2.9mcg of Delta 9 THC - the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis - per litre of blood. The legal limit is 2mcg.
Freeman pleaded guilty at Kidderminster Magistrates Court to two counts of driving with a proportion of a controlled drug above the specidifed limit.
He was banned from driving for 25 months and handed a 12-month community order which includes 90 hours of unpaid work.
Freeman was also ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £114 victim surcharge.
