A DRUG-driver caught out on the roads after taking cocaine has been banned from the roads for three years by a court.
Alexander Glass entered a guilty plea to one count of driving a motor vehicle while over the drug limit when he appeared before magistrates in Telford in October.
The court heard from prosecutor Hannah Baddeley that the 29-year-old had been caught driving Skoda Fabia while over the drug-driving limit at Bishops Castle on April 5.
An evidential blood test revealed that he had more than 800 microgrammes of controlled class A drug cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine per litre of blood. The legal limit is 50.
Glass, of Ratlinghope, Bishops Castle, was fined £120 and disqualified from driving for three years, with magistrates saying they had taken his guilty plea into account when imposing the penalty.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £135 and a £48 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.
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