Shropshire Star

Motorist, 34, who was caught at busy A5 island in Shrewsbury after taking cocaine gets road ban

A motorist who was caught under the influence of cocaine near a busy A5 roundabout in Shropshire has been banned from driving.

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Chantelle Hefford, aged 34, drove a Nissan X-Trail on the A5 near Preston island, on the outskirts of Shrewsbury on August 10 this year.

A drugs test found she had 272 micrograms of benzoylecgonine, a by-product of cocaine, per litre of blood. The legal limit, accounting for the possibility of accidental exposure, is 50mcg.