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Driver Arrested After Testing Positive For Cocaine On M4

Wednesday, 17 November 2021 10:13

By Ciara Noble @niaracoble

File image: @GardaTraffic/Twitter

Driving erratically

Kildare Gardaí have arrested a driver for drug driving.

Naas Roads Policing Unit detected the driver, on the M4, driving erratically.

They tested subsequently tested positive for cocaine and were arrested.

Court proceedings are to follow.

Elsewhere, Gardaí have detected a driver travelling at 171 kph in a 100 kph zone, here in Co. Kildare.

Naas Roads Policing Unit were conducting speed checks on the N7, when the driver was stopped.

The driver will now face prosecution for dangerous driving.

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