A DRUG-driver who was under the influence of two substances has been handed a two-year driving ban.
Paul Mitchell, 50, was driving a Renault Traffic van on the A595 Loop Road North in Whitehaven on April 5 when the offences took place.
A blood test showed Mitchell had 191mcg of Benzoylecgonine – the body breakdown product for cocaine – per litre of blood. The specified limit is 50mcg.
He also had 3mcg of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood. The specified limit is 2mcg.
Mitchell, of Browside Road, Dearham, Maryport, pleaded guilty to two charges of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.
Magistrates sitting in Workington banned the defendant from driving for 24 months and imposed a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work.
Mitchell must also pay £85 costs and a £114 victim surcharge.
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