A cocaine-fuelled driver was snared after police spotted him swerving in the road.
Grant Raine was behind the wheel of his Vauxhall Insignia when he came to to the attention of officers on a street in Newcastle. A court heard that the 26-year-old was initially pulled over because his vehicle was seen veering from side to side and it was wrongly thought that he was a disqualified driver.
However, when Raine did stop, he failed a roadside saliva swab and a subsequent blood test proved he was over the limit for cocaine and BZE, a breakdown product of cocaine. Raine, of Rosedale Court, in West Denton, has now been banned from the roads for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to two counts of driving over the specified drug limit.
