23-05-2025
Drug-driver who was over cocaine limit banned for three years
A DRUG-driver has been banned from the roads for three years after driving on the A596 while over the limit for cocaine.
Daniel Veitch, 27, was driving a Vauxhall Astra on the road in Maryport on December 14 last year when the offence took place.
A blood sample showed he had 13mcg of cocaine per litre of blood. The specified limit is 10mcg.
Veitch, of Beaver Road, Carlisle, pleaded guilty to drug-driving when he appeared before Workington Magistrates' Court.
Magistrates imposed a 36-month disqualification and fined Veitch £120. He was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 victim surcharge.
