A DRUG-driver has been banned from the roads after he was caught behind the wheel.
Ash Fellows entered guilty pleas when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.
The court heard the 25-year-old had been caught driving a white Volkswagen Polo on the A480 in Herefordshire while over the drug limit on May 1.
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An evidential blood test revealed Fellows had 5.1 microgrammes of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and 108 microgrammes of cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine per litre of blood. The respective legal limits are two and 50.
Fellows, of Cranbrook Road, Bristol, was fined £652 and disqualified from driving for 16 months. He must also pay costs of £135 and a £65 victim surcharge.
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