Shropshire Star

Lengthy road ban and hefty fine for Telford driver caught in job centre car park after taking cannabis

A man who was caught driving after taking cannabis has been banned from the road.

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Steven Nelson, aged 42, was caught driving a Mazda 2 in the Job Centre car park in Southwater Way, Telford on June 4 this year.

A drug test found he had 3.2 micrograms of Delta 9 THC - the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis - per litre of blood. The legal limit, taking into account the possibility of accidental exposure, is 2mcg.