Operation conducted by Naas Roads Policing Unit.
A driver has been arrested in Kildare, after failing a roadside drugs test.
Naas Roads Policing Unit pulled the driver over, after detecting them at 134 kmh in a 60 kmh zone yesterday.
The driver subsequently tested positive for cocaine.
They have been arrested, charged and are to appear in court.
Roads Policing Unit Naas detected this motorist travelling at 134 kmh in a 60 kmh zone earlier. Driver failed roadside drugs test for cocaine and was arrested. Motorist charged to appear in court.#SlowDown #ArriveAlive #SaferRoads pic.twitter.com/UFdkKEkSOh
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) May 27, 2021
In a separate operation, Naas RPU seized a car during a checkpoint in Newtown.
Gardai say the driver was an unaccompanied learner driver with no L-Plates & no NCT.
The car was seized & fines and penalty points issued.
Naas Roads Policing Unit were conducting a checkpoint at Newtown when they stopped this car. It was found that the driver was an unaccompanied learner driver with no L-Plates & no NCT.
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) May 28, 2021
The car was seized & a Fixed Charge Penalty Notice was issued. #SaferRoads pic.twitter.com/aJ7gwQuhrz
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