Gardai arrested a driver for the second time in the space of four days - after the motorist got behind the wheel of another car.
Officers on patrol in Newbridge earlier on Sunday, who were attached to the Naas Road Policing Unit, stopped a white vehicle.
After a quick check on their special mobility app, they discovered something very interesting.
The driver was disqualified - and amazingly, had only been arrested and charged four days prior.
Subsequently, the motorist tested positive for cannabis.
They were arrested for drug driving, with the car they were in control of being impounded.
Court proceeding will now begin for the motorist after their second incident in the last week.
Ireland’s new drug driving laws take a zero-tolerance approach to certain drugs:
- The penalty for drug driving is the same as for drink driving – a maximum of €5,000 fine and up to 6 months imprisonment on summary conviction.
- in terms of disqualification periods, for those convicted of the new offence of being above the threshold for cannabis, cocaine and heroin with no proof of impairment necessary by the Gardaí, the disqualification period is not less than 1 year for the first offence and not less than 2 years for the second or subsequent offence.
- or the existing offence of drug driving, while impaired, there is no change to the penalty or disqualification periods which are a minimum of 4 years for a first offence and 6 years for a second or subsequent offence.
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