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06 Sept 2025

Unaccompanied driver test positive for drugs after being stopped for speeding

Unaccompanied driver test positive for drugs after being stopped for speeding

An unaccompanied learner driver tested positive for drugs after being detected driving at 149kmph in a 100 zone. 

The driver was arrested and the car was seized following the incident in the midlands recently. 

Gardai said:  “Longford Roads Policing Unit stopped this car on the N5 in Longford for driving 149km in a 100km zone.

Driver was also driving on a Learner Permit unaccompanied by a qualified driver and tested positive for cannabis.”

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