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.”