A VAN driver from Herefordshire has been banned from the roads after using cannabis before getting behind the wheel.
Frederick Sheehan admitted drug-driving when he appeared before Worcester magistrates.
Sheehan was driving a Ford Transit van on the M5 motorway in Worcestershire between junction four and Frankley Services on August 23 last year when he was caught out, prosecutor Lauren Millichip said.
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Sheehan provided a blood test for class B drug cannabis. The evidential test revealed he had 2.2 microgrammes of cannabis product delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood. The legal limit is two.
The 56-year-old pleaded guilty, and this was taken into account by magistrates imposing the penalty. However, they had no choice but to impose a driving disqualification, as all drivers convicted of drug-driving are banned.
Sheehan, of Waterworks Lane in Leominster, was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £80. He must also pay costs of £135 and a £32 victim surcharge.
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