Joseph Ward, from Evesham, was stopped in Welshpool on June 1, driving a silver Seat Leon. He admitted drug driving when he appeared on Tuesday, November 28. Hannah Williams, prosecuting, said Ward had both cocaine and benzoylecgonine (BZE), a compound of the Class A drug, in his blood at the time. He had glazed eyes and blood was coming from one of his nostrils.”She said Ward had no previous convictions. Ward had 23 micrograms of cocaine in his system and 240 micrograms of BZE – the legal limit for cocaine is 10 micrograms and for BZE is 50 micrograms.

Source: The Times December 03, 2023 17:04 UTC