Drug driver more than 12 times the legal limit disqualified
Officers suspected he was under the influence of drugs as he was sweating and hyperactive
A drug driver who was more than 12 times the legal limit has been disqualified from driving for 16 months.
Francis Birch, 39, was pulled over by police in High Street, Huntingdon, at 10.20am on Thursday, 27 March.
Officers suspected he was under the influence of drugs as he was sweating and hyperactive and a roadside drug wipe showed positive for cocaine.
He was arrested and a blood sample was taken at a police station which registered 637 micrograms of Benzoylecgonine, a compound used to screen for cocaine use. The legal limit is 50 micrograms.
Birch, of Manor Road, Kempston Hardwick, near Bedford, pleaded guilty to drug driving at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (24 July).
He was disqualified from driving and ordered to pay a fine of £200.
Sergeant Tom Nuttall, who investigated, said: “Birch was significantly above the legal limit and should not have been behind the wheel.”