A DRUG-driver caught out in Herefordshire has admitted using cocaine and ecstasy before driving.
Solomon Brandon entered guilty pleas to two counts of driving with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.
The court heard from prosecutor Lauren Millichip that the 20-year-old had been caught on the A465 at Burley Gate after getting behind the wheel of a Citroen Berlingo while over the drug-driving limit on July 24 last year.
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An evidential blood test revealed he had 84 microgrammes (mg) of class A drug cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine and 143 mg of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) per litre of blood. The legal limits are 50 mg and 10 mg respectively.
Brandon, of Sandy Lane in Swansea, was handed an 18-month disqualification from driving and a community order to complete 80 hours of unpaid work within 12 months.
He must also pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £114 victim surcharge.
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