A drug driver has pleaded guilty to a serious offence and has been banned from all Tesco shops.
Harmeet Singh, 33, appeared before magistrates after pleading guilty to two counts of driving a vehicle with controlled drugs above the legal limit in his blood, and one of driving without insurance.
The court heard that Singh was driving a red Vauxhall Corsa in Bewell Street, Hereford, on April 18 when the level of cocaine in his blood exceeded the legal limit. Records showed the concentration was not less than 22 micrograms per litre of blood.
He also admitted driving the same vehicle with cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine above the specified legal limit. The concentration was recorded as greater than 800 micrograms per litre of blood.
Singh, of Salop Close, West Bromwich, was handed a community order running until November 5, 2027 and disqualified from driving for two years.
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Singh was also sentenced for a string of further shop thefts carried out between August and November.
Ten of the offences involved Tesco stores in West Bromwich, with chocolate worth hundreds stolen on various dates between September 10 and October 27.
Singh also admitted stealing men's clothing worth £185.92 from H&M in West Bromwich on September 21 and stealing 22 bottles of shampoo, of an unknown value, from Poundland in Walsall on November 5.
Singh was made subject to an exclusion order preventing him from entering any Tesco or Tesco Express store for a period of 12 months, lasting until November 5, 2027.
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