A DRUG-DRIVER has been banned from the roads for two years after he was caught out in Hereford.
Curtis Brant entered guilty pleas when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster.
The court heard the 38-year-old had been caught drug-driving behind the wheel of a Hyundai in Mallory Close, Hereford, on May 21, 2021.
An evidential blood test revealed he had 800 microgrammes of cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine per litre of blood. The legal limit is 50.
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He had also failed to surrender to Kidderminster magistrates court on March 14 having been released on bail by magistrates on January 31.
Brant, of Macaulay Avenue, Hereford, was disqualified from driving for two years and fined a total of £900. He must also pay costs of £135 and a £95 victim surcharge.
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