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Driver stopped for a faulty light arrested for drugs
Thames Valley Roads Policing stopped a vehicle in Basingstoke Road in Reading for a single brake light.
Checks found the driver was an uninsured learner with no L-plates. Further more, he was using an already expired provisional licence following a previous ban.
Driver stopped for faulty brake light found to be a banned, uninsured learner with £60 worth of cannabis (Image: Thames VAlley Police)
A positive drug swipe for cannabis led PC Payne to search the car.
He found three bags of cannabis, located in the driver’s door pocket, which was purchased just minutes before being stopped.
Driver stopped for faulty brake light found to be a banned, uninsured learner with £60 worth of cannabis (Image: Thames Valley Police)
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The driver said they had wasted the £60 they had just spent on the cannabis and asked if they could have it back.
They were arrested, vehicle and drugs seized and a blood sample taken with results pending.