Man banned for three years after driving in Newport while on cannabis
A Birmingham man has been banned from driving for three years after being caught behind the wheel in Newport while under the influence of cannabis.
Usman Khan of Wellington Road in Handsworth was driving a BMW on the A41 near Lower Bar in Newport on June 24 this year at around 1.30pm, when officers checked his number plate, magistrates in Telford heard on Thursday (November 27).
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Ms Kate Price, prosecuting, told the court that according to the police computer, Khan did not match the person who was insured on the vehicle so they pulled him over.
She added: “Officers thought he seemed impaired so a roadside swab was taken and it was positive for cannabis.”
She said Khan, 27, was arrested and charged with driving with a specified controlled drug in his system and driving with no insurance.
The BMW was also found to have a bald tyre and Khan, who admitted all the offences on Thursday, was also charged with driving a passenger vehicle with insufficient tread depth.
Representing himself in court, Khan, a part-time electrician, said: “At the time of the offence, I was smoking cannabis in the evening, which was something I did occasionally.”
Magistrates fined Khan £300 and ordered him to pay an additional £205 in costs and surcharges.
He was also banned from driving for 36 months, and his driving licence was also endorsed for driving with a bald tyre and having no insurance.