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An unaccompanied learner driver with cocaine and cannabis in their system, who was also caught speeding by gardaí, has been arrested.
The driver had their vehicle seized as they tested positive for the mixture of drugs in a roadside drug test this Wednesday evening.
Swinford Roads Policing Unit, Co Mayo, caught the driver travelling at 139km/h in a 100km/h zone.
Swinford Roads Policing Unit have detected this car traveling 139km/h in a 100km/h zone along the N5.
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) February 21, 2024
The driver was an unaccompanied learner that tested positive for both cocaine and cannabis in a roadside drug test.
The vehicle was seized and driver arrested.#SaferRoads pic.twitter.com/fC6VhAn8IJ
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