AN AUDI driver was almost three times the limit when he was caught out on a busy main road in Hereford.
Warren Lees entered a guilty plea to one count of driving while over the drug limit when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in November.
The court heard from prosecutor Owen Beale that the 49-year-old had been caught out on the A49 Holmer Road in Hereford after getting behind the wheel of a blue Audi A4 while over the drug-driving limit on August 24.
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An evidential blood test revealed that he had 5.7 microgrammes of controlled class B drug cannabis product delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood at the time, almost three times the legal limit of two microgrammes.
Lees, of Board Street, Pontlottyn, Gwent, was fined £120 and handed an obligatory 12-month driving disqualification for the offence, with magistrates saying that they had taken his guilty plea to the charge into account when deciding on the penalty.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £135 and a £48 victim surcharge.
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