Drug driver in 7.5 tonne truck caught on M4 in Newport
A LORRY driver was banned after being caught with drugs in his system while at the wheel of a 7.5 tonne tarmac truck.
Leeroy James Reed, gave a reading of 2.8 micrograms per litre of blood of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, a cannabis derivative, at the Coldra on the M4 in Newport.
The legal limit is 2 micrograms per litre of blood.
The offence was committed on August 19, 2020.
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Reed, 30, of Long Acre, North Cornelly, Bridgend, pleaded guilty to drug driving.
At Newport Magistrates’ Court, he was sentenced to a 12-month community order and told to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work.
He was banned from driving for 18 months and must pay £595 in costs and a surcharge.
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