Devizes drug driver handed three year ban

Daniel Bonnici, 33, tested positive for cannabis

Author: Aaron HarperPublished 8th May 2024

A Devizes man has been handed a three year driving ban after driving while under the influence of drugs.

Daniel Bonnici, 33, of Church Walk, Devizes tested positive for cannabis when he was stopped by police in Calne.

Bonnici was driving a Mercedes hire van when he was stopped around 7am on 8th November 2023.

Officers pulled him over due to the van having a pair of light defects, before a drug wipe at the roadside was carried out on Bonnici as he was the driver.

He was arrested and charged after the test returned a positive result for cannabis.

As well as the driving ban, he was fined £550, ordered to pay £220 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

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