A SHOPPER caught out while three times the drug-driving limit has been banned from the roads.
Marcin Sienkiewicz entered a guilty plea to one count of drug-driving when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in March.
The court heard from prosecutor Eleanor Peart that Sienkiewicz had been caught behind the wheel of a Renault Laguna after he was stopped in Hereford's Kempton Avenue at 1.40pm on November 22.
He was arrested after failing a roadside drug test, and an evidential blood test revealed he had 6.4 microgrammes of controlled class B drug cannabis product delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood. The legal limit is two microgrammes.
Chris Read, for Sienkiewicz, said that the 29-year-old had been caught in an "entirely routine" stop.
"He had gone to the supermarket and had used cannabis some time before," Mr Read said.
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"He did not feel it could impair his driving, and he has no previous matters."
The court heard that Sienkiewicz is in a difficult financial position at present, having lost his part-time job.
Sienkiewicz, who gave a care of address in Hereford, was banned from the roads for 12 months and fined £120. He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £135 and a £48 victim surcharge.
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