Disqualified Driver Caught For DUI In Laois

A roadside drug test returned positive for cannabis and cocaine. 

Déjà vu struck as Laois Roads Policing Unit officers stopped a driver using a phone behind the wheel in Portlaoise. 

Automatic number plate recognition quickly revealed the driver was already disqualified from driving. 

A roadside drug test returned positive for cannabis and cocaine. 

The same driver had been arrested for identical offences in the same vehicle on January 10. 

Court proceedings have begun, and the Toyota Hilux has been seized.  

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