A HEREFORD man has appeared before magistrates accused of drug-driving on a busy main road.

Nigel Brown entered a not guilty plea to one count of driving while over the drug limit when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

Prosecutor Mark Hambling told the court that the 69-year-old is accused of driving a Volkswagen van with 5.6 microgrammes of class B controlled drug cannabis product delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood, on the A40 at Ganarew on May 26. The legal driving limit is two microgrammes.

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The case was adjourned and Brown, of St Owen Street, Hereford, was released on unconditional bail.

He will appear before magistrates in Kidderminster for a case management hearing on October 24.

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