A DRUG-DRIVER was caught behind the wheel in Hereford when she was 18 times the limit.
Sydnee Cooke, 24, of Henley Road, Ludlow, had 800 micrograms (mg) of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, in her blood when police stopped her in Hereford’s St Owen Street.
The limit for benzoylecgonine is 50 mg.
She was also found to be over the cocaine limit, with 32 mg in her blood when the limit is 10.
More than 187 mg of MDMA was also found in her system, exceeding the legal limit of 10 and meaning she was over 18 times the limit.
She was driving a blue Ford Focus in St Owen Street on March 24 when she was caught, said prosecuting solicitor Lauren Millichip.
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She admitted the offences and entered three guilty pleas before Hereford Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrates disqualified Cooke from driving for 18 months for each offence and fined her £120. She was also given a 12-month community order in which she must go to up to 12 days of rehabilitation activities. She has to pay court costs of £85 and a £120 fine.
Her guilty pleas were taken into account by magistrates when they imposed her sentence.
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