Disqualified Driver Caught Under Influence Of Drugs In Offaly

They were stopped by the gardaí on patrol yesterday.

A drug-driver has been arrested in Offaly.

They were stopped in Tullamore by members of the Offaly Roads Policing Unit on patrol yesterday.

Gardaí discovered the driver - who tested positive for cocaine - was already disqualified, had no tax or insurance, and also had an existing bench warrant .

Laois Roads Policing Unit also arrested a motorist on the M7 who failed a roadside breath test, and separately, caught a driver travelling at 182 kilometres per hour in a 120 kilometre zone. 

Prosecutions are to follow in both cases.

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