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Unaccompanied L plate driver arrested after failing roadside drug test

Unaccompanied L plate driver arrested after failing roadside drug test

By Cillian Doyle.

Photo: @GardaTraffic Twitter

Gardaí in Co. Waterford have arrested a driver who failed a drug test.

While on patrol, members from Waterford Roads Policing Unit encountered a black Volkswagen Passat on the wrong side of the road which caused the Garda Car to veer to avoid a collision.

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Officers stopped the vehicle where they found that the driver was an unaccompanied learner.

The driver tested positive for cannabis after completing a roadside drug test.

The driver was arrested and the vehicle was seized.

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