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Powys County Times
10-07-2025
- Powys County Times
M54 Toyota driver had heroin on him when he was arrested
A drug driver from Bishop's Castle, who had heroin on him when he was arrested, has had his licence taken off him. Kevin Gaskin was brought before Telford Magistrates' Court on Friday, July 4, charged with a series of offences. The court was told how the 57-year-old had been driving a Toyota Prius along the A5 to junction 7 of the M54 in Telford on December 22, last year, when the offences took place. He admitted to drug-driving after a blood test showed he had 15 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood when the legal limit is 10µg. Gaskin pleaded guilty to a further drug-driving charge after he had 287µg of benzoylecgonine, the metabolite of cocaine, in his system. The legal limit for that is 50µg. He also admitted to having 5.2µg of 6-Monoacetylmorphine, the principal metabolite of heroin, in his system, when the legal limit is 5µg, as well as 87µg of morphine in his system, when the legal limit is 80µg. Gaskin of Union Street in Bishop's Castle, also admitted possession of Class A drug heroin. Magistrates gave him an obligatory 12-month disqualification and he was fined £200 for having 6-Monoacetylmorphine in his system. No separate penalty was given for the other driving offences. They also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the heroin and fined him £120 for the possession offence.
Powys County Times
17-06-2025
- Powys County Times
Volkswagen motorist banned after drug-driving in Shrewsbury
A Welshpool man has lost his driving licence for 12 months after he admitted drug-driving in Shropshire. Gareth Skudra admitted the offence that happened on Brixton Way in Shrewsbury on January 3 this year, when he was brought before Telford Magistrates' Court on Friday, June 6. The court was told that Skudra had been driving a Volkswagen Toguan when he was stopped and a blood test showed he had 3.8 micrograms of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - the active ingredient in cannabis - per litre of his blood. The legal limit is 2mg. The 47-year-old, of Clifton Street in Welshpool, was told that he would lose his licence for 12 months for the offence. He was also fined £467 and must pay £85 court costs and a £187 victim surcharge.
